Mt. Zion Institute High School | |
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| Location | 250 N. Walnut St., Winnsboro, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°23′02″N81°05′02″W / 34.38389°N 81.08389°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1777 |
| NRHP reference No. | 100004445 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 2019 |
Mt. Zion Institute High School is a historic school complex (a collection of three buildings) located at Winnsboro, South Carolina. [2]
The school was constructed on a land which was donated in 1777 to Mt. Zion Society for establishing Mt. Zion Institute. It was envisioned as a preparatory school in the Upstate for the sons of "wealthy planters" throughout South Carolina. [3] Closed in 1780 by occupying British forces, it was reopened in 1784 under the leadership of Rev. Thomas McCaule, a Presbyterian minister trained at the College of New Jersey. [4]
In 1878, the school converted from a private academy to a public school, becoming the Upstate's first public school and the second outside of Charleston. [3]
The current structures, all constructed by 1936, include an elementary school, a high school, a cafeteria, a gymnasium, an auditorium, and a teacherage (seen below). The elementary school building, constructed in 1922, was destroyed by fire in 1981. The other buildings continued to serve Winnsboro's students until 1990. [5] At the time of closure, it was the site of Mt. Zion Elementary school. [3]
In 2018, the Fairfield County Council voted to renovate the building with the hope of utilizing it for administrative buildings for the county. [5] Costs were estimated at approximately $8.9 million. [5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. [6]
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