Gantt Cottage
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gantt-cottage-261-18144495
title:
Gantt Cottage
text:
The original Gantt Cottage located on the campus of Penn School, now known as Penn Center, was named after the ex-enslaved Hastings Gantt, who donated the original tract of land for Penn School to Laura Towne. It was destroyed by fire around 1940. The current house, built by students, is a replacement. Mr. Gantt was a businessman and politician. He served in the South Carolina Legislature as a representative from Beaufort during the Reconstruction period. During the 1960’s Dr. Martin Luther King
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description:
Historic dormitory located in the Penn School Historic District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_Cottage
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date modified:
2024-04-22T19:18:34Z
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