Sims High School

Sims High School is a South Carolina historical marker in Union, Union County, dedicated 2004.

Union County · dedicated 2004 · Union Blvd. (S.C. Hwy. 496), Union, Union

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Sims High School stood here from 1927 until the early 1970s and was the first black high school in Union County. It was named for its founder, Rev. A.A. Sims (1872-1965), who was its principal 1927-1951. It included grades 6-11 until 1949 and 6-12 afterwards, and educated blacks from Union and surrounding counties. In 1956 it moved to a new building on Sims Drive. The high school closed in 1970, but that building now houses the present Sims Jr. High.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Historical Marker Committee, Sims High School Alumni

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