College of Charleston

Charleston, Italy

The College of Charleston (CofC or Charleston) is a public university in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, it is the oldest university in South Carolina, the 13th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, and the country's oldest muni

cipal college. The founders of the College of Charleston included six Founding Fathers of the United States, including three who signed the Declaration of Independence (Thomas Heyward Jr., Arthur Middleton, and Edward Rutledge) and three who signed the Constitution of the United States (Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and John Rutledge).

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Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art art_museum · 0.3 km away
Bethel Methodist Church (Charleston, South Carolina) chiese · 0.3 km away
Old Bethel United Methodist Church chiese · 0.4 km away
John C. Calhoun Monument sculpture · 0.4 km away
Marion Square square · 0.4 km away