EDUCATION · HISTORICAL MARKER

University Hill

Anderson, South Carolina
Historical Marker Database · Brian Scott
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This immediate area was home to three educational institutions: Johnson Female University from 1856 to 1863, named for William Bullein Johnson; the Carolina Collegiate Institute from about 1866 to 1890 under W. J. Ligon; and Patrick Military Institute from 1887 to 1900, founded by J. B. Patrick. A Confederate Treasury branch was located here in 1865, and University Hospital was here in the 1920s.
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Anderson, South Carolina · United States

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