June 3, 2024
Join us every Tuesday from July 9th through August 6th at the Barnes Center at 5pm for Historic Properties inaugural book series, “Brick by Brick: Constructing America’s Identities.” America’s cultural identities are etched in stone, carved in wood and molded by the hands of the many skilled laborers who came before us. The American built […]
November 20, 2023
Both Fort Hill: National Historic Landmark and Hanover House will be closed Thursday, November 23, 2023 through Sunday, November 26, 2023 in observance of Thanksgiving. Both historic house museums will close at 4:30pm on Friday, December 22, 2023 and will not reopen until 10:00am on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Regular hours of operation for Fort […]
August 7, 2023
The Department of Historic Properties operates Fort Hill: National Historic Landmark, located on Clemson University’s main campus, and Hanover House, located in the SC Botanical Garden, as historic house museums. Both museums are open weekly: Monday-Saturday from 10am-12pm & 1pm-4:30pm and Sunday from 2pm-4:30pm. They will be closed on all football home game days, holidays, […]
June 19, 2020
. A tintype was donated to Fort Hill in 1938, along with a typewritten letter by Margaret Calhoun, the great-granddaughter of Thomas and Anna Clemson. The tintype was of Marie, a formerly enslaved woman, who was holding baby Floride Isabela Lee, the Clemsons’ granddaughter. The letter provides few facts, while hinting at others; however, the […]
