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Jane Fishburne Hipp Plaza

 
 
Jane Fishburne Hipp Plaza Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott
1. Jane Fishburne Hipp Plaza Marker
Inscription. Named in honor of a beloved member of the extended Furman University Family, generous benefactor, and wife of Herman N. Hipp, Class of 1935.
 
Erected 2003.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public WorkEducationWomen. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.
 
Location. 34° 55.433′ N, 82° 26.4′ W. Marker is in Greenville, South Carolina, in Greenville County. It can be reached from Poinsett Highway. Marker is located on the north side of Hipp Hall, on the campus of Furman University. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greenville SC 29617, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate and in the Foothills. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 original Cherokee Nation, 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 walking distance of this marker: Herman N. Hipp Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); James Buchanan Duke Library (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Richard W. Riley Hall (about 500 feet away); Charles H. Townes Center for Science (about 500 feet away); Marshall E. and Vera Lea Rinker Hall (about 500 feet away); Geer Hall (about 600 feet away); Elizabeth Lyles Blackwell Fountain (about 700 feet away); Poteat Hall (about 700 feet away); Beatrice Dennis Plyler Fountain (about 800 feet away); Eugene E. Stone III Soccer Stadium (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greenville.
 
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 Furman University. Official website of Furman University. (Submitted on May 2, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.) 
 
Jane Fishburne Hipp Plaza image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott
2. Jane Fishburne Hipp Plaza
<i>Aquarii</i> by Housi Knecht image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott
3. Aquarii by Housi Knecht
A gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Belk of Charlotte, North Carolina.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 13, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 999 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 2, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
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