Mount Pleasant Academy - Mount Pleasant, SC
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The Mount Pleasant Academy historic marker is located at the Academy on Center Street, Mount Pleasant, SC.
Waymark Code: WMB37R
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2011
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Side A:
In 1809, the SC General Assembly incorporated Mount Pleasant Academy to educate the children of Christ Church Parish. Funded by a legacy and a lottery, a schoolhouse was built, but its site is uncertain. At times, classes were held in private homes, the village church, and the courthouse. In 1860, the academy, at 140 Hibben Street, offered foreign languages and the classics.
Side B:
In 1908, the academy was built at the corner of Pitt and Venning Streets. In 1938, a modern two-story public school building was constructed on Boundary Street and Hwy. 40 (now Simmons and Coleman). The old academy building on Pitt Street later became the first Moultrie High School. The present academy, on Center Street, was completed in the 1960s.
Erected by the Town of Mount Pleasant
2003
Marker Name: Mount Pleasant Academy
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
County: Charleston
Marker number: Not listed
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