SC-23-20 Baptist Seminary

Marker text: BAPTIST SEMINARY

When Southern Baptist Theological Seminary was organized in 1859, the old Baptist church building once located here was divided into two classrooms and library for the school's use. First faculty was James Petigru Boyce, John A. Broadus, Basil Manly, Jr., and William Williams. Crawford H. Toy and William H. Whitsitt joined before the seminary moved to Louisville, Ky. in 1877.

Erected by First Baptist Church and the South Carolina Baptist Historical Society, 1987