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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]
The Charles Pinckney National Historic Site is a unit of the United States National Park Service, preserving a portion of Charles Pinckney's Snee Farm plantation and country retreat. [4][5][6][7] The site is located at 1254 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Pinckney (1757-1824) was a member of a prominent political family in ...
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).
Designated NHL. December 19, 1960 [3] Designated CP. January 4, 1990. Fort Hill, also known as the John C. Calhoun House and Library, is a National Historic Landmark on the Clemson University campus in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States, near the City of Clemson. [4] From 1825-1850, the house was the home of noted proponent of ...
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.
March 30, 1973. Mount Pleasant Historic District (also known as Old Village Historic District [2]) is a national historic district located at Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in the town of Mount Pleasant. The dwellings reflect Mount Pleasant's historic role as a summer ...
The South Carolina Botanical Garden (295 acres) is located in Pickens County, South Carolina on the campus of Clemson University, adjacent to the City of Clemson. [ 1] This garden has nature trails, pathways, ponds, streams, woodlands, trial gardens, The Bob Campbell Geology Museum, and the Fran Hanson Discovery Center, which has exhibits by ...
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.