Original Site of Winthrop College
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N 34° 00.218 W 081° 01.550
17S E 497614 N 3762559
Original location of the Winthrop Training School (later Winthrop College) in Columbia, SC.
Waymark Code: WM2YX9
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2008
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This historical marker can be found on Henderson Street between Blanding and Taylor, in Columbia SC. [N34 00.218 W081 01.550]
Original Site of Winthrop College
In 1886, chiefly through the efforts of D.B. Johnson, first Superintendent of Columbia Public Schools, Winthrop Training School, later Winthrop College, was started here in a small brick building which had been the chapel of Columbia Theological Seminary. In 1986 this building was moved to the campus of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C.
Erected 1938 by the Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936.
Marker Name: Original Site of Winthrop College
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 5
County: Richland
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