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South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind
Address
355 Cedar Springs Road Spartanburg, South Carolina 29302 United States
Coordinates	34°54′39″N 81°52′56″W / 34.91083°N 81.88222°W / 34.91083; -81.88222
Information
Type	Public
Established	1849 (175 years ago) (1849)
President	Jolene Madison
Grades	Pre-K–12
Color(s)	Green and white
Mascot	Hornet
Website	www.scsdb.org

The South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is a school in unincorporated Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States, near Spartanburg and with a Spartanburg postal address. It was founded in 1849 by the Reverend Newton Pinckney Walker as a private school for students who were deaf. The School for the Blind was established in 1855, and the school became state funded in 1856.

Previously students were under de jure educational segregation in the United States with black students separate. In 1967 the school racially integrated.

The School for the Multihandicapped was established in 1977, and the school began providing outreach services in the mid-1980s.

Walker Hall

Walker Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Walker Hall, February 2012
Location	Southeast of Spartanburg on South Carolina Highway 56, near Spartanburg, South Carolina
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1857 (1857)-1859, 1885, 1921
Architect	Jones, Edward C.; Samuel Sloan
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italian Villa
NRHP reference No.	77001232
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1977

Walker Hall was designed by Charleston architect Edward C. Jones. Built around 1857–1859, it is a brick building with Greek Revival and Italian Villa design elements. A west wing, designed by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan was added in 1885. The front façade features a pedimented portico supported by Corinthian order columns. A rear annex was built in 1921.

Walker Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Campus

The school has dormitories available. They are for students living outside of the Spartanburg area counties.

Transportation

Boarding students are transported between campus and their houses on weekends while day students in the Spartanburg area are transported every day.

References

1. "Zoning Map" (PDF). City of Spartanburg. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
   Compare to the address: 355 Cedar Springs Road, Spartanburg, SC 29302
2. ^ Main Page
3. "1883 — South Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind Colored Department, Spartanburg; South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind integrated, 1967". South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
5. Becky Downing; Georgianna Graham & Edna Brown (March 1977). "Walker Hall" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
6. "Walker Hall, Spartanburg County (S.C. School for the Deaf and Blind, S.C. Hwy. 56, Cedar Spring vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
7. "Main Campus Cedar Springs Academy Day and Residential Programs". South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
8. ^ "School for the Blind Residential Programs". South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

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