Marion Academy

Marion Academy is a South Carolina historical marker in Marion, Marion County, dedicated 1996.

Marion County · dedicated 1996 · Marion County Museum, 101 Willcox Ave., Marion, Marion

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This building, the first public school in Marion County, was built in 1886 by the Marion Academy Society, chartered in 1811. The Society, which had operated a private school here for almost seventy-five years, then turned the school over to the Marion School District as the new public school. The Marion Graded School, which closed in 1976 after ninety years' continuous service to the community, now houses the Museum of Marion County.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Marion County Historical Society and the Pee Dee Committee, Colonial Dames of America, South Carolina

Marion Academy

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