Winthrop University is one of the oldest schools in the state of South Carolina.
As a result, Winthrop is also home to some of the oldest and most historic buildings. As a journalism student, looking into the history of one of the university's oldest buildings resulted in some interesting finds.
The most shocking to me was the fact that a dome was on top. I can honestly say that in my three years of attending this school and all the times I passed Rutledge I never noticed it.
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| Front View of Rutledge Building with dome. |
Another interesting fact I found was that Andrew Carnegie provided funding for Rutledge to be built, and it was previously named after him.
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Photo courtesy of Google Images.
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I remember being drawn to Rutledge Building since the first time I stepped foot on Winthrop University's campus, and looking into it's history and finding things that I didn't know existed was fun. For additional information and more of my discoveries check out my video
here.
