Fort Hill
About Fort Hill
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.
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01Clemsonblahedo · CC BY-SA 2.5
02Calhoun Mansion relic roomClemson College staff · Public domain
03CU Fort Hill AugChris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0
04Clemson SCWclevid · CC BY-SA 3.0
05HouseCleveblufft2012 · CC BY-SA 3.0
06Clemson UniversityDaderot · CC0
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Fort Hill; the closest, Bob Campbell Geology Museum, is about a mile away.
