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  2. Benezet House - Wikipedia

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    Benezet House, also known as Benezette House, is an historic dormitory located on the campus of Penn Center. It was erected in 1905 and named after Frenchman, Anthony Benezet, who stood for freedom in the mid- and late-1870's. The female teachers and female boarding students of Penn School were housed here.

  3. Penn Center (Saint Helena Island, South Carolina) - Wikipedia

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    Benezet House (1905) (), the female teachers and students used Benezet House as their on-campus residence and this house was the center of home economics training. Cedar Cottage (1907), built to house Penn's single female teachers and nurse offices. Cedar Cottage is named after the abundant trees found on St. Helena Island.

  4. Retreat House and Dock - Wikipedia

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    The Retreat House and Dock of Penn Center, formerly known as Penn School, was built in 1968, the year Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed. Plans were for him to have his meetings there rather than the smaller Gantt Cottage he had been staying at. It faces a body of water, a cove of Capers Creek, which is a place for meditation and relaxation ...

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    Penn Center was the first school for enslaved people in the South and remained a school for 86 years before transitioning in 1953 to Penn Community Services, Inc. Its current mission is to promote ...

  6. Penn Center’s ‘stunning’ nativity scene on St. Helena is ...

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    Penn Center’s traditional nativity scene has been performed since 1916 and it is happening again Sunday at the Frissel Community House. The program begins at 6:30 p.m.

  7. Gantt Cottage - Wikipedia

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    The original Gantt Cottage located on the campus of Penn School, now known as Penn Center, was named after the ex-enslaved Hastings Gantt, who donated the original tract of land for Penn School to Laura Towne. It was destroyed by fire around 1940. The current house, built by students, is a replacement. Mr. Gantt was a businessman and politician.

  8. Penn Center invites public to comment on plans to remodel ...

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  9. Reconstruction Era National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Darrah Hall at Penn Center [12] (originally Penn School): Founded in 1862, this was an early school in the South for freed slaves. [6] [11] In 1864, it moved to its current location (now part of the monument) on Saint Helena Island. [6] Even before the national monument was declared, Penn Center was part of a National Historic Landmark District.