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Beaufort County | Mather School
Beaufort County | Mather School

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Shortly after the Civil War, Rachel Crane Mather of Boston founded Mather School in Beaufort. In 1882 the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society assumed support of the venture, operating it as...
Sustainability at Biltmore Estate | Palmetto Scene

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When George Vanderbilt envisioned his grand estate in Asheville, N.C. in the late 1800s, his goal was to be a self-sustaining property. Today, still family owned, the Biltmore continues to honor his...
Colleton County - Tuskegee Training Ground
Colleton County - Tuskegee Training Ground

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In the late 1920's end 1930's a rough landing strip was made on the farm of C.C. Anderson just outside of Walterboro. Starting in 1941, as part of the World War II effort, the U.S. Government acquired...
Berkeley County - Dixie Training School
Berkeley County - Dixie Training School

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The first public school for blacks in Moncks Corner was founded in 1880. Classes were held in local churches until the first school was built in 1900. The three-room school built here 1918-1920 at a...
Berkeley County - Varner Town Indian Community
Berkeley County - Varner Town Indian Community

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The South Carolina Board of Education established a state-funded Indian school for the Varner Town Indian Community in 1938. This one-room school was closed by the state in 1963, forcing integration...
Georgetown County - Howard School
Georgetown County - Howard School

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Land was purchased January 1, 1866 as a site for the Georgetown Colored Academy. The Academy stood on this land until 1908. By 1908 the old building had been torn down and a new school built. At that...
Georgetown County - Joseph H. Rainey House
Georgetown County - Joseph H. Rainey House

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Joseph H. Rainey served in the South Carolina Senate (1868-1870), and in 1870, he became the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives. He was elected to four...
Georgetown County - Fannie Carolina House
Georgetown County - Fannie Carolina House

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This residence, located in the Georgetown Historic District, was the home of Mrs. Fannie Carolina, Jonathan A. Baxter House founder and owner of the Fan-O-Lin Beauty School. The Beauty School was one...
York County - Friendship College
York County - Friendship College

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Friendship Junior College was founded in 1891 under the name Friendship Institute. The first class, with an enrollment of eleven pupils, was held October 11, 1891. Rev. Mansel P. Hall was the teacher...
York County - Emmett Scott School
York County - Emmett Scott School

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This school, founded in 1920, was the first public school for blacks in Rock Hill. Named for Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957), a prominent educator who was then secretary of Howard University, Emmett Scott...