Franklin Academy

Franklin Academy is a South Carolina historical marker in Lancaster, Lancaster County, dedicated 1967.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1967 · Central Elementary School, Dunlap St., Lancaster, Lancaster

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Front: Organized in 1825, was the most widely-known of the four schools that occupied this site. Henry Connelly was its first principal. J. Marion Sims who later achieved world fame as a surgeon was one of its pupils. The building of brick was said by Robert Mills to be a fine structure, two stories high. Reverse: This land has been dedicated to the cause of education since 1799 when Rev. John Brown, Dr. Samuel C. Dunlap, Wm. Nisbet, John Ingram, and John Montgomery were named trustees for a school, known in 1802 as Lancaster Academy. It grew into Franklin Academy, 1825, the Graded School, 1893, and Central School, 1915.

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