
22-16 Winyah Indigo Society
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mikemtn
N 33° 21.916 W 079° 16.747
17S E 660101 N 3693104
Located in the 500 block of Prince Street near Cannon Street in downtown Georgetown, South Carolina. Erected by Winyah Indigo Society-1983
Waymark Code: WMV3C
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2006
Views: 58
Text: Springing from the fervor for indigo, the colony's vital new crop for making blue dye, the Winyah Indigo Society was begun in 1755 and incorporated in 1757 to ensure stronger financial support for the free school which it had founded. Thomas Lynch was then president of the society, which also maintained a library and served as an intellectual center. The 1857 building was used by Ubion forces during the Civil War.
Winyah Indigo Hall