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History Beginnings Fort Hill, photographed in 1887, was the home of John C. Calhoun and later Thomas Green Clemson and is at the center of the university campus.. Thomas Green Clemson, the university's founder, came to the foothills of South Carolina in 1838, when he married Anna Maria Calhoun, daughter of John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina politician and seventh U.S. Vice President.
The Campus of Clemson University was originally the site of U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun 's plantation, named Fort Hill. The plantation passed to his daughter, Anna, and son-in-law, Thomas Green Clemson. On Clemson's death in 1888, he willed the land to the state of South Carolina for the creation of a public university.
James Dickey, writer and poet with American South influences (attended for one year, but did not graduate from Clemson) Jonathan Hickman, comic book writer and artist. Rob Huebel, actor/comedian, Human Giant. Fiona Hutchison, One Life to Live actress. Matt William Knowles, actor, Asura [1]
Contributing properties Property Photo Built Location Notes Bowman Field 1900 34°40′51.1″N 82°50′12.0″W / 34.680861°N 82.836667°W / 34.680861; -82.836667 (Bowman Field) Bowman Field was originally used as drill, marching, and parade grounds, and the location for commencement and military commissions during the school's years as a military college. It was also the ...
Added to NRHP. January 4, 1990. The Clemson University Historic District II is a collection of historic properties on the campus of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. The district contains 7 contributing properties located in the central portion of the campus. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Added to NRHP. April 5, 2010. Lee and Lowry Hall, originally known as the Structural Science Building, is a historic academic building located on the campus of Clemson University, Clemson, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was designed by Harlan Ewart McClure, Dean of the College of Architecture, and completed in 1958.
Clemson sponsors teams in nine men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The first intercollegiate match in Clemson history was a baseball game on April 24, 1896, against Furman. The school's first football team followed that fall. Five women's sports were introduced in 1975 after the passage of Title IX.
The President's House was built in 1959 to serve as the living quarters for the president at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, USA. It has been the home to eight different Clemson presidents and is a key location on the university's campus. This is especially the case for new and incoming students because at the beginning of each ...