7-26 Beaufort College - South Carolina Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Text front: Beaufort College, a college preparatory academy founded in 1795, occupied this Greek Revival building from 1852 to 1861. The school opened in 1084 at Bay and Church Sts. but closed in 1817 after a yellow fever epidemic, reopening in 1820 at Newcastle and Craven Sts. This building designed by John Gibbs Barnwell II featured two classrooms, two offices, and a library modeled after the one at S.C. College, now the South Caronliniana Library at the University of S.C.


Text reverse: Beaufort College closed its doors in 1861 when Beaufort was occupied by Federal troops. For the rest of the Civil War it was a school for former slaves and part of a hospital complex serving both freedmen and Federal soldiers. It also served as headquarters for the Freedmen's Bureau here during Reconstruction, then became a public elementary school in 1909. In 1959 the University of S.C. acquired this building for its new Beaufort campus.

Marker Name: Beaufort College Marker Location: City Type of Marker: Building Marker number: 7-26 County: Beaufort

Visit Instructions:
A picture of the marker taken by you or specific details of the site.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   12/28/2019 Markerman62 visited it 09/02/2008 Lat34North visited it

View all visits/logs