Furman University

History

Furman was founded in 1826 as a men's academy and theological institute, in Edgefield, South Carolina. The original school building from that campus resides on the current Greenville campus today. In 1933, students from the Greenville Women's College began attending classes with Furman students. Shortly thereafter, the two schools merged to form the present institution. Furman began construction on its new campus, just five miles north of downtown Greenville in 1956. Classes on this new campus began in 1958. Now non-sectarian, the school was affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention until 1992.

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1826 - Edgefield, South Carolina - 1933 - 1956 - 1958 - Southern Baptist Convention - 1992

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