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Mather School

Beaufort County · dedicated 1982 · Ribaut Rd. (S.C. Hwy. 281), 150 ft. south of its intersection with Reynolds St., Beaufort

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Shortly after the Civil War, Mather School was founded here by Rachel Crane Mather of Boston. In 1882 the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society assumed support of the venture, operating it as a normal school for black girls. With some changes, the school continued until 1968, when it was closed and sold to the state for the educational benefit of all races.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History

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