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Fred W. Symmes Chapel, also known locally as "Pretty Place", is an open-air chapel located in Cleveland, South Carolina. Built in 1941 by Fred Symmes, it is situated on Stone Mountain at an elevation of 3,200 feet [1] overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains. [2] [3] It is visited by an estimated 312,000 people annually. [4]
Trail Life USA's headquarters (known as the "Home Office") is located on a 127-acre dedicated camping facility known as Camp Aiken, south of Greenville, South Carolina. The property features a full gymnasium, chapel, trails, fishing ponds, bonfire areas, and numerous campsites. [28]
The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts began as a state-supported five-week program hosted by Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Its creation was driven by Virginia Uldrick, a music educator and district official who had served as the first director of Greenville's Fine Arts Center arts magnet school begun by Greenville District Superintendent J. Floyd Hall in the ...
Oct. 9—On Nov. 7, Greenville voters will give their final verdict on the city's proposed $65 million bond for a new 100,000-square-foot recreation center and a 25,000-square-foot expansion to ...
The organization was founded by a group of Christians at Bob Jones University who recognized the need for a Christian camp in the Southeastern United States. In 1967, the group purchased a 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2 ) property near Brevard, North Carolina and established The Wilds Christian Camp and Conference Center (commonly referred to as "The ...
Table Rock Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Site is a historic Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp site located near Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina.It contains remnants of the CCC construction of Table Rock State Park between 1935 and 1941, including the recreation hall chimney, bulletin board with adjacent benches, grotto fountain, and basin.
Falls Park on the Reedy is a 32-acre (130,000 m 2) park adjacent to downtown Greenville, South Carolina, in the historic West End district.Considered the birthplace of Greenville, the park was founded in 1967 when the Carolina Foothills Garden Club reclaimed 26 acres (110,000 m 2) of land that had been previously used by textile mills.
Attendees of summer camps often enjoy outdoor activities. A summer camp, also known as a sleepaway camp or residential camp, is a supervised overnight program for children conducted during the summer vacation from school in many countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer residential camps are known as campers. They generally are ...