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Pitt Academy was chartered in 1786 and built in Greenville shortly thereafter. Greenville Academy was chartered in 1814. In 1830, the Greenville Female Academy was formed. It was located on the corner of Second and Greene streets. Sometime in 1835, a male academy, located where the Sheppard Memorial Library stands, was established. On September 1, 1885, the Greenville Male and Female Institute (picture available) opened on Dickinson Avenue. It later merged and was transformed into the Pitt Female Seminary.
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22838
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Built in 1849 to educate the local male population, Greenville Male Academy had a interesting history. William H. Ragsdale was the principal of this school twice, reflecting his love for education. During the Civil War, the building was used as a hospital. The student body, attendance, and teachers made it a very important institution for Greenville in the nineteenth century. Unfortunately, it was closed and disposed of in 1903.
Greenville Male Academy, built in 1849 to educate boys, had an interesting history such as its use as a hospital during the Civil War. William H. Ragsdale was principle of the school twice. In 1903, the Academy was closed and demolished.
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23036
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In 1903, the Greenville Graded School Trustees began to educate its own children separate from the county schools. They voted to build a graded school for white children on the old Greenville Male Academy grounds, where Sheppard Memorial Library now sits. R. J. Cobb put up the money to build a brick graded school. The graded school was officially named “The Evans Street School” in 1915. At the same time, a small wooden graded school for blacks was built on Fleming Street. In 1913, “The Model School” was built on Cotanche Street as a training school for teachers. It was torn down in 1931. In 1916, a High School was built at Fifth and Reade Streets. In 1922, the black graded school on Fleming Street burned and it was rebuilt. The West Greenville School was built in 1925 and added to over the years. Also in 1925, additions were put onto the Greenville High School. The older 1916 part of the Greenville High School burned in 1927 and rebuilt. In 1929, the Evans Street School burned and the Third Street School was built afterwards. In 1954, Elmhurst School was built and in 1957, Rose High School was built on Elm Street.
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