Winyah Indigo Society

Winyah Indigo Society is a South Carolina historical marker in Georgetown, Georgetown County, dedicated 1983.

Georgetown County · dedicated 1983 · 500 block of Prince St., near Cannon St., Georgetown

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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 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 here was used by Union forces during the Civil War.

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