College of Charleston
College of Charleston
College of CharlestonCollege of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29401
Hours: Open to the public.
Tours:
Monday - Friday: 10:00a, 12:00p and 2:00p during the school year, and at 10:00a during the summer.
The College of Charleston is the oldest municipal college in Charleston, SC, the 13th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, and the oldest municipal college in the country. Founded in 1770, and chartered in 1785. The College possesses additional historical significance as the oldest institute of higher learning in South Carolina, and the 13th oldest in the country. The center of the small campus contains its core of historic mid-19th- century buildings, the Main Building, the Library and the Gate Lodge. The founders of the college include three signers of the Declaration of Independence, and three fathers of the United States Constitution.
