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Mather School

 
 
Mather School Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 2008
1. Mather School Marker
Inscription. Shortly after the Civil War, Mather School was founded here by Rachel Crane Mather of Boston. In 1882 the Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society assumed support of the venture, operating it as a normal school for black girls. With some changes, the school continued until 1968, when it was closed and sold to the state for the educational benefit of all races.
 
Erected 1982 by Mather School Alumnae Association. (Marker Number 7-16.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansEducation. A significant historical year for this entry is 1882.
 
Location. 32° 25.203′ N, 80° 41.305′ W. Marker is in Beaufort, South Carolina, in Beaufort County. Marker is on Ribaut Road (State Highway 281) 0 miles south of Reynolds Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beaufort SC 29902, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Beaufort Historic District (approx. 1.1 miles away); Thomas Heyward, Jr. (approx. 1.1 miles away); Beaufort County, South Carolina (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Beaufort County, South Carolina (approx. 1.1 miles away); Beaufort County South Carolina (approx.
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1.2 miles away); Maxcy - Rhett House / "Secession House" (approx. 1.2 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.2 miles away); Beaufort South Carolina Tricentennial (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beaufort.
 
Now site of The Techincal College Of The Lowcountry image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008
2. Now site of The Techincal College Of The Lowcountry
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,145 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 7, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Christopher Busta-Peck was the editor who published this page.

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