Former Site of Columbia Theological Seminary - Columbia, South Carolina
Posted by: BruceS
N 34° 00.607 W 081° 01.748
17S E 497309 N 3763278
Marker for the former location of seminary in Columbia, South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMGVEH
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2013
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Text of marker:
Former Site of Columbia Theological Seminary
Founded 1828 by Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. Located here 1831. Moved to Decatur, Georgia 1925. Woodrow Wilson's father and uncle were among faculty members. Central building, erected 1823, was designed by Robert Mills as home for Ainsley Hall (1783-1823), Columbia merchant.