Clemson University campus, Clemson, South Carolina. County/parish: Pickens.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000708.
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Fort Hill, also known as the John C. Calhoun House and Library, is a National Historic Landmark on the Clemson University campus in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States, near the City of Clemson.
From 1825-1850, the house was the home of noted proponent of slavery and constitutional Nullification, John C. Calhoun, the 7th Vice President of the United States.
Clemson University was established on the Fort Hill slave-operated plantation site in 1889, and in accordance with the terms of its inheritance, has maintained the house and its immediate parcel as a museum and library — all that remains of what originally was an approximately 1,000 acre plantation estate.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118996933