Carlisle Military School

Carlisle Military School is a South Carolina historical marker in Bamberg, Bamberg County, dedicated 1994.

Bamberg County · dedicated 1994 · E side of S. Carlisle St., between Elm & Green Sts., Bamberg

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SC Methodists began an institution on this site in 1892 naming it Carlisle Fitting School, for James H. Carlisle, president of Wofford College 1875-1902. It served as a coeducational preparatory institution for Wofford. Col. James F. Risher (1889-1973) leased Carlisle in 1932 and purchased it 1938, renaming it Carlisle Military School by 1943. It educated young men from the US and many countries until closing in 1977.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by City of Bamberg Board of Public Works

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