Johns Island in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Belvidere School Site

Photographed by Mike Stroud, September 23, 2010

1. Belvidere School Site Marker

Inscription. In 1898 Charleston County School District No. 11 bought this land from J. S. Hart and built a public school on the site soon after. School closed in the early 1920s.

Erected 1994 by Children and Grandchildren of Alumni. (Marker Number 10-23.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1898.

Location. 32° 46.086′ N, 80° 7.08′ W. Marker is on Johns Island, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is at the intersection of Chisolm Road (State Highway 10-54) and Belvedere Road (State Highway 10-1493), on the right when traveling south on Chisolm Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Johns Island SC 29455, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry.

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 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Stono Rebellion (1739) (approx. 2.1 miles away); Grave Of Colonel William A. Washington (approx. 2.2 miles away); New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); St. Mark’s Union Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 2.4 miles away); St. John’s Episcopal Church (approx. 4 miles away); St. Paul's, Stono / St. Paul's Churchyard (approx. 4 miles away); Plainsfield Plantation

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(approx. 5.1 miles away); South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Johns Island.

Also see . . . John's Island By Connie Walpole Haynie, Page 30. Belvidere School Site, John's Island (Submitted on October 18, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

Belvidere School Site Marker, looking south along Chisolm Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, September 23, 2010

2. Belvidere School Site Marker, looking south along Chisolm Road

Belvidere School Site Marker, looking north along Chisolm Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, September 23, 2010

3. Belvidere School Site Marker, looking north along Chisolm Road

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,136 times since then and 98 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 18, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.