Cheraw in Chesterfield County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Coulter Memorial Academy Site
Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, April 20, 2009
1. Coulter Memorial Academy Site Marker
Organized in 1881, this Negro Presbyterian (USA) school was founded by the Rev. J.P. Crawford with support from Mrs. C.E. Coulter from whom it received its name. The Rev. G.W. Long was academy president from 1908 until 1943, and Coulter offered junior college credit, 1933-1947. The academy merged with the public school system, 1949.
Erected 1991 by Coulter Memorial Academy National Alumni Association, Inc. (Marker Number 13-5.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1881.
Location. 34° 42.046′ N, 79° 53.151′ W. Marker is in Cheraw, South Carolina, in Chesterfield County. It is on 2nd Street (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles south of Powe Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 312 2nd Street, Cheraw SC 29520, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee and in the Olde English District. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Robert Smalls School (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lafayettes Tour (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dizzy Gillespie Birthplace (approx. 0.4 miles away); Francis Asbury's First Visit to S.C. (approx. half a mile away); The 71st Regiment of Foot
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Grave of British Soldier (was approx. half a mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
More about this marker. Located within the Cheraw Historic District.
Also see . . . Cheraw Historic District. Around 1736 Welsh Baptists came to South Carolina and settled in the Pee Dee region. (Submitted on February 12, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, April 20, 2009
2. Coulter Memorial Academy
African Americans of Chesterfield County by Felicia Flemming-McCall
3. Coulter Memorial Academy
Students constructed Coulter Memorial academy's administration building. This Negro Presbyterian institution was organized in 1881 and founded by Rev. J.P. Crawford, with support from Caroline E. Coulter of Hanover, Indiana, from whom the school received its name.
African Americans of Chesterfield County by Felicia Flemming-McCall
4. Chapman Training School
The Chapman Training School was part of the Coulter Memorial Academy campus. Located behind the administration building, it served as the junior college where students were trained to become teachers.
African Americans of Chesterfield County by Felicia Flemming-McCall
5. George Waldo Long, D.D.
d. 1943
d. 1943
George Waldo Long, D.D., attended Brainerd Institute and graduated from the Divinity School at Biddle University. Dr. Long served as pastor of Cheraw Second Presbyterian Church and as principal of Coulter Memorial Academy. When he began his tenure with Coulter, he and his wife, Lillian Bull, worked tirelessly to improve the quality of the school. During his leadership, the academy became a coeducational boarding school with a high school and junior college. before his death on August 3, 1943, Dr. Long witnessed the school grow from 87 students in 1908 to 509 students in 1943.
Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, April 20, 2009
6. G.W. Long Memorial Presbyterian Church
Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, April 20, 2009
7. G.W. Long Memorial Presbyterian Church
Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, April 20, 2009
8. G.W. Long Memorial Presbyterian Church Door
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,254 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 23, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 12, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 6, 7, 8. submitted on April 23, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. • Christopher Busta-Peck was the editor who published this page.
