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S.C. Institute Hall

THIS BUILDING STANDS ON THE SITE FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY S. C. INSTITUTE HALL WHERE ON DECEMBER 20, 1860,WAS SIGNED AND RATIFIED THE   ORDINANCE OF SECESSION   WHICH WITHDREW THE STATE OF SOUTH...

THIS BUILDING STANDS ON THE SITE FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY
S. C. INSTITUTE HALL
WHERE ON DECEMBER 20, 1860,
WAS SIGNED AND RATIFIED THE
 
ORDINANCE OF SECESSION
 
WHICH WITHDREW THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FROM THE UNION AND LED TO THE FORMATION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA AND TO FOUR YEARS OF WAR BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. THE BUILDING WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED IN THE CONFLAGRATION OF DECEMBER 1861.

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