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Wofford College

1854 establishments in South CarolinaBuildings and structures in Spartanburg, South CarolinaEducation in Spartanburg County, South CarolinaHistoric districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South CarolinaNRHP infobox with nocat
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South CarolinaPrivate universities and colleges in South CarolinaUniversities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsUniversities and colleges established in 1854University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South CarolinaUse mdy dates from August 2023Vague or ambiguous time from May 2020Wofford College
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Wofford College is a private liberal arts college in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It was founded in 1854. The 175-acre (71 ha) campus is a national arboretum and one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the American Civil War that still operates on its original campus. Wofford was founded with a bequest of $100,000 from Benjamin Wofford (1780–1850), a Methodist minister and Spartanburg native who sought to create a college for "literary, classical, and scientific education in my native district of Spartanburg." The college's Main Building is the oldest structure on campus and was designed by the noted Charleston architect Edward C. Jones. In 1941, the college was awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest academic honor society, and the Beta of South Carolina chapter was the first at a private college in South Carolina.

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Wofford College
Wofford Campus Drive, Spartanburg

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Wofford Campus Drive 200
29303 Spartanburg
South Carolina, United States
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