HISTORY
Mt. Zion
Institute occupies a 3+ acre site a block off Congress Street in downtown
Winnsboro, S.C. An adjacent parcel is the site of the old football green and
a monument park, and all are a part of a designated Historic Neighborhood.
The lands were donated after the formation of Mt. Zion College in 1777
and were continuously owned and overseen by an organization formed for that
purpose, The Mt. Zion Society, which is still in existence today. In the years
between the college and the construction of our buildings in 1936, the site was
home to several other educational institutions of note. It also shares
the distinction, with the College of William and Mary in Virginia, of being one
of only two remaining campuses in the U. S. that were
encampment sites for opposing armies during the American Revolution and the War
Between the States.
The original buildings
of the present campus were an elementary school building, cafeteria,
auditorium, gymnasium, high school building, and
a residence known as the teacherage. The
elementary school building, built in 1922, burned in 1981, but the remaining
buildings were in use until 1991 and are still in place. In 2006, the Mt.
Zion Society, after several attempts at finding the means to preserve them,
turned the structures and their site over to the Town of Winnsboro, hoping that
some use could be found for them and that the town could
accomplish the task of saving them. Facing the same hurdles and
escalating costs, the city government determined in early 2008 that it appeared
to be a lost cause and reluctantly contracted to have the buildings demolished.
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History of
Mount Zion 1941 - First Page - Second Page
History of
Mount Zion 1959 - First Page
History of
Mount Zion 1991 - First Page - Second Page
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