South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind explained

South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind
Type:	Public
Grades:	Pre-K - 12
Head Name:	President
Head:	Jolene Madison
School Colors:	Green and white
Mascot:	Hornet
Address:	355 Cedar Springs Road
City:	Spartanburg, South Carolina
Zipcode:	29302
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	34.9108°N -81.8822°W

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Previously students were under de jure educational segregation in the United States with black students separate. In 1967 the school racially integrated.^[3]

The School for the Multihandicapped was established in 1977, and the school began providing outreach services in the mid-1980s.^[2]

Walker Hall

Walker Hall
Location:	Southeast of Spartanburg on South Carolina Highway 56, near Spartanburg, South Carolina
Built:	-1859, 1885, 1921
Architect:	Jones, Edward C.; Samuel Sloan
Architecture:	Greek Revival, Italian Villa
Added:	December 6, 1977
Refnum:	77001232

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.^{[4] [5]}

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

Campus

The school has dormitories available.^[6] They are for students living outside of the Spartanburg area counties.^[7]

Transportation

Boarding students are transported between campus and their houses on weekends while day students in the Spartanburg area are transported every day.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zoning Map. City of Spartanburg. 2021-07-05.
   Compare to the address

   355 Cedar Springs Road, Spartanburg, SC 29302

2. http://www.scsdb.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=1 Main Page
3. Web site: 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. 2021-06-26.
4. Web site: Becky Downing . Georgianna Graham . Edna Brown . amp . Walker Hall. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 1977 . 2014-07-01.
5. Web site: 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 . 2014-07-01.
6. Web site: Main Campus Cedar Springs Academy Day and Residential Programs. South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. 2021-05-21.
7. Web site: School for the Blind Residential Programs. South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind. 2021-07-05.