Winyah Schools

Winyah Schools is a South Carolina historical marker in Georgetown, Georgetown County, dedicated 1985.

Georgetown County · dedicated 1985 · 1200 Highmarket St., Georgetown

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Winyah Indigo School District was created in 1885 to maintain public education in Georgetown. In 1887, the district assumed the existing school owned by the Winyah Indigo Society, established 1755. Completed in 1908 was a building housing grades 1-10 which still stands. Winyah High, built here in 1938, was integrated 1970. It burned in 1981. The new high school, 1985, became Georgetown High when Winyah and Howard consolidated.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Senior Classes 1981-85

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