Village Academy

Village Academy is a South Carolina historical marker in Edgefield, Edgefield County, dedicated 1975.

Edgefield County · dedicated 1975 · Chiurch St., 100 ft. S of its intersection with Brooks St., Edgefield

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Front: Organized in 1811, the Edgefield Village Academy was located for many years on this site acquired from Col. Eldred Simkins, in 1825. The South Carolina Coeducational Institute was located here from 1903 to 1913. During Reconstruction, many exciting political meetings were held in the grove near the Academy. Reverse: This school, founded by the State Convention of Baptists of South Carolina on March 17, 1826, was originally located on this site. The Institution was the forerunner of both Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Edgefield County Historical Society and Edhefield County

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