7-27 Sheldon Union Academy
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N 32° 36.182 W 080° 48.024
17S E 518728 N 3607298
Marker beside Hwy 21 in Sheldon
Waymark Code: WMHT4
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2006
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SHELDON UNION ACADEMY Sheldon Union Academy, later Sheldon School, opened in 1893 on this site and educated black children of rural Sheldon community for almost fifty years. The original Sheldon Union Academy board, which founded and governed the school from 1893 to 1918, included S.T. Beaubien, M.W. Brown, P.R. Chisolm, H.L. Jones, S.W. Ladson, F.S. Mitchell, and N.D. Mitchell.
Other side....SHELDON SCHOOL Sheldon Union Academy, founded by an independent group of community leaders, was a private school until 1918. That year its board deeded the property to Beaufort County, which built a new public school on this site. Sheldon School, which taught grades 1-7, closed in 1942 when the county consolidated its rural black schools.
Marker Name: Sheldon Union Academy and Sheldon School
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker number: 7-27
County: Not listed
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