SC-29-8 Oldest Continuous Public School Site in Lancaster County

Marker text: OLDEST CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SCHOOL SITE IN LANCASTER COUNTY

This land has been dedicated to the cause of education since 1799 when Rev. John Brown, Dr. Samuel C. Dunlap, Wm. Nisbet, John Ingram, and John Montgomery were named trustees for a school, known in 1802 as Lancaster Academy. It grew into Franklin Academy, 1825, the Graded School, 1893, and Central School, 1915.

Erected by Waxhaws Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1967