Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Clemson (/ ˈ k l ɛ m p s ən, ˈ k l ɛ m z ən / [6] [7]) is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina.Clemson is adjacent to Clemson University, [8] and is identified with it; in 2015, the Princeton Review cited the town of Clemson as ranking #1 in the United States for "town-and-gown" relations with its resident university. [9]
On Clemson's death in 1888, he willed the land to the state of South Carolina for the creation of a public university. The university was founded in 1889, and three buildings from the initial construction still exist today: Hardin Hall (built in 1890), Main Building (later renamed Tillman Hall) (1894), and Godfrey Hall (1898). Other periods of ...
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. [15]
November 12, 1960 - After 57 straight trips to Columbia, SC for the annual game against Clemson's biggest rival, South Carolina, the Tigers host the Gamecocks and defeat them 12–2. The game marks the end of the traditional Big Thursday rivalry and the beginning of the current home-and-home series format between the two teams.
Despite that interruption, the Clemson-South Carolina series was still tied for the 11th most-played FBS rivalry game in the country entering 2023 at 119 games.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Fort Hill, Pickens County (Clemson University), including 12 photos, at South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-344, "Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC", 122 photos, 19 color transparencies, 28 measured drawings, 41 data pages, 13 photo caption pages
In a widely expected continuation of the Palmetto Bowl series, Clemson will host South Carolina on Nov. 30, 2024, in Memorial Stadium, and USC will host Clemson on Nov. 29, 2025, at Williams-Brice ...