Campus of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina

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A postcard view of The Citadel from about 1942.

The Campus of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina consists of a 300-acre (120 ha) space adjacent to Hampton Park in Charleston, South Carolina. It has been home to The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina since 1922 when the school moved from its location on Marion Square, including the Old Citadel. Arranged with the primary buildings surrounding a central 10-acre (4 ha) parade ground, it consists of barracks for the Corps of Cadets, academic buildings, a mess hall, chapel, library, athletic and recreational facilities, support buildings, and housing for faculty and staff.

Hampton Park (Charleston)

Hampton Park is a public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina, United States. At 60 acres (240,000 m2), it is the largest park on the peninsula. It is bordered by The Citadel to the west, Hampton Park Terrace to the south, North Central to the east, and Wagener Terrace to the north. The park is named in honor of Confederate General Wade Hampton III who, at the time of the Civil War, owned one of the largest collections of slaves in the South. After the Civil War, Hampton became a proponent of the Lost Cause movement, member of the Red Shirts and governor of South Carolina.

Charleston, South Carolina City in the United States

Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 134,875 in 2017. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 761,155 residents in 2016, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina U.S. military college in Charleston, South Carolina

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly referred to simply as The Citadel, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Established in 1842, it is one of six United States senior military colleges. It has 18 academic departments divided into five schools offering 29 majors and 38 minors. The military program is made up of cadets pursuing bachelor's degrees who live on campus. The non-military programs offer 10 residential undergraduate degrees, 24 residential graduate degrees, as well as online/distance programs with 7 online graduate degrees, 3 online undergraduate degrees and 3 certificate programs.

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The campus is bounded on the west by the Ashley River, to the north by the Wagener Terrace neighborhood, to the east by Hampton Park and the Hampton Park Terrace neighborhood, and to the South by the Westside Neighborhood.

Ashley River (South Carolina) river in the United States of America

The Ashley River is a blackwater / tidal river in South Carolina, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in western Berkeley County. It consolidates its main channel about five miles west of Summerville, widening into a tidal estuary just south of Fort Dorchester. The river then flows for approximately 17 miles along the historical banks of the City of North Charleston before reaching peninsular Charleston. The much wider Ashley joins the Cooper River off the Battery in Charleston to form Charleston Harbor before discharging into the Atlantic Ocean. At the present time the land around the Ashley River or in Ashley Barony, as the original land grant was called, is mostly undeveloped.

Hampton Park Terrace human settlement in United States of America

Hampton Park Terrace is the name both of a neighborhood and a National Register district located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina. The neighborhood is bounded on the west by The Citadel, on the north by Hampton Park, on the east by Rutledge Ave., and on the south by Congress St. In addition, the one block of Parkwood Ave. south of Congress St. is considered, by some, to be included. The National Register district, on the other hand, is composed of the same area with two exceptions: (1) the northeasternmost block is excluded and (2) an extra block of President St. is included.

Just off the main campus are the football stadium, baseball stadium, and alumni center. Additionally, there is a large beach house facility located near the north end of the Isle of Palms. [1]

Isle of Palms, South Carolina City in South Carolina, United States

Isle of Palms is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 4,133. Isle of Palms is a barrier island on the South Carolina coast. The city is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area. The town lies along a narrow strip of land, hugging the beach, separated from the mainland by the Intracoastal Waterway. It is an affluent community of both vacation home owners and year-round residents, with large beachfront homes, resorts, and local restaurants. Beach volleyball is popular in the summer, and the "Windjammer" club hosts several tournaments throughout the year.

Academic buildings

BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
Capers Hall
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1942Home to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Zucker Family School of Education. Will be expanded and rebuilt beginning in 2018. [2]
Bastin Hall2018Future home of Baker School of Business. [2]
Bond Hall1922, 1939Current home of Baker School of Business. Also houses the President and senior administrative staff, the registrar, and other academic staff.
Byrd Hall1968Home of the Department of Chemistry.
Daniel Library1960
Duckett HallHome of the Department of Biology.
Grimsley Hall
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1991Home of the Swain Family School of Science and Mathematics and the Physics Department.
Jenkins HallHouses ROTC Departments, Commandant's Department, armory
LeTellier Hall
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1937Home of the School of Engineering and the Departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Named for Louis LeTellier
Thompson Hall
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1938 (rebuilt in 2001)Home of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.

Athletic and recreational buildings

BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
College Park 1939Former home to the baseball team, currently used as a practice facility.
Deas Hall1976Campus recreational facility, also home to the Department of Health and Exercise Science.
Earle Tennis Center1990
Inouye Marksmanship Center
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2006Rifle range.
Johnson Hagood Stadium
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1948Home of the football team. Seats 13,500.
Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park 1996Home of The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team. Seats 6,000.
McAlister Field House
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1939Home of the basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams. Seats 6,000.
Seignious Hall1982Meeting rooms and locker rooms for the football team, weight room and sports medicine for all varsity teams.
Vandiver Hall1991Meeting rooms and locker rooms for all teams other than football.

Administrative buildings

BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
Coward Hall1991Mess Hall
Mary Bennett Murray Memorial Infirmary
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Barracks

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Each of The Citadel's five barracks is built around a central quadrangle of red and white checkerboard style squares. Rooms are arranged along the outer walls with a covered walkway known as the gallery separating rooms from the quadrangle. Of the original four barracks built between 1922 and 1942, only Stevens Barracks has not been demolished and completely rebuilt thought it has seen significant renovation. Watts Barracks was constructed in 1996 on the site of the old mess hall. Watts Barracks housed First Battalion while Murray Barracks was under construction before Fourth Battalion occupied Watts Barracks. During the demolition and reconstruction of Padgett-Thomas Barracks from 2000 through 2004, The Regimental Band and Pipes was housed in a temporary structure built behind Stevens Barracks and across Lee Avenue from Watts Barracks. Second and Third Battalions occupied Stevens Barracks during the demolition and reconstruction of Padgett-Thomas Barracks and Law Barracks, respectively. [3]

The Regimental Band and Pipes was founded on The Citadel campus in Charleston, South Carolina in 1909 with late marine general, Harry K. Pickett, in command. The marching band makes up one of the twenty-one companies of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. In 1991, the band participated in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh, Scotland becoming the first military college selected for the honor. They returned in 2010 as the only unit from the United States to appear at the Silver Jubilee of the Tattoo and appeared again in 2015.

BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
Law Barracks
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1939 (rebuilt 2007)Houses Third Battalion, composed of I, K, L and M companies. Named for Major General Evander M. Law. [4]
Murray Barracks1926 (rebuilt 1999)Houses First Battalion, composed of A, B, C, and D companies.
Padgett-Thomas Barracks
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1922 (rebuilt 2004)Houses Regimental Staff and Second Battalion, composed of E, F, G, and H companies, and The Regimental Band and Pipes. [5]
Stevens Barracks1942Houses Fifth Battalion, composed of Palmetto Battery, P, S, and V companies.
Watts Barracks1996Houses Fourth Battalion, composed of N, O, R, and T companies. Named for former Citadel President Lieutenant General Claudius E. Watts III.

Other buildings

BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
Boat House1920To be demolished and rebuilt, estimated completion 2020. [6]
Career Services
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1919
Faculty House
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1923
Holladay Alumni Center
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2000
Mark Clark Hall1957Student union, housing gift shop, canteen, Honor Court, Post Office, barber shop, meeting rooms, and an auditorium.
Quarters One
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1954Home to the President of The Citadel
Robert R. McCormick Beach Club1958 (rebuilt 1995)Used for weddings and corporate events. Original structure destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, rebuilt 1995. Severely damaged in a fire on May 8, 2016. [7] [8]
Summerall Chapel
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1936 [9]

Monuments and memorials

BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
Howie Bell Tower
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1954Bell tower and Carillon adjacent to Summerall Chapel in honor of Major Thomas D. Howie, the "Major of St. Lo" who was killed leading his battalion in the liberation of St. Lo, France during the Normandy Campaign in 1944.
HMS Seraph Monument1963A monument to HMS Seraph which carried future school President General Mark W. Clark to a secret rendezvous with Vichy French forces in North Africa in 1943. Only shore location in the United States authorized to fly the Royal Navy White Ensign.

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  2. 1 2 Amanda Kerr (April 5, 2015). "The Citadel poised to begin two multi-million dollar building projects". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Citadel plans to replace barracks". The Item. Sumter, SC. February 18, 1992. p. 7B. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ Giles Lambertson (May 10, 2005). "B&B Demolition Infiltrates The Citadel's Law Barracks". Construction Equipment Guide. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Citadel cadets to move into new Padgett-Thomas Barracks on Aug. 2". Columbia, SC: WIS. July 19, 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ Thad Moore (July 4, 2016). "Citadel hopes to revitalize 'culture of water' with new boathouse project". Post and Courier. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Citadel Beach Club: History". The Citadel. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ Erin Gillespie (May 8, 2016). "Early morning blaze damages Citadel Beach Club, closes event venue indefinitely". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  9. ↑ "About Summerall Chapel". The Citadel. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
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