Fort Hill plantation, South Carolina

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historic house historic plantation museum

Fort Hill plantation in South Carolina was the antebellum estate and political headquarters of U.S. statesman and pro-slavery advocate John C. Calhoun, later forming the core of what became Clemson University.

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Label	Occurrences
Fort Hill plantation, South Carolina canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic house ⓘ historic plantation ⓘ museum ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Federal style ⓘ Greek Revival architecture ⓘ surface form: Greek Revival
associatedWith	Antebellum period ⓘ surface form: American antebellum South Southern sectionalism ⓘ history of slavery in South Carolina ⓘ nullification doctrine ⓘ pro-slavery politics in the United States ⓘ
builtFor	Patrick Calhoun family ⓘ
category	Clemson University ⓘ surface form: Clemson University campus Historic house museums in South Carolina ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina ⓘ Plantations in South Carolina ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formerName	Clergy Hall ⓘ
hasCollection	Calhoun and Clemson family papers ⓘ Calhoun family furnishings ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	named for nearby fort on the frontier ⓘ
hasPart	grounds ⓘ main house ⓘ outbuildings ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
locatedIn	Clemson, South Carolina ⓘ Pickens County, South Carolina ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ
notableFor	association with U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun ⓘ example of antebellum Upcountry plantation ⓘ role in formation of Clemson University ⓘ
NRHPType	building ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	Clemson University ⓘ
ownedBy	Clemson University ⓘ John C. Calhoun ⓘ Thomas Green Clemson ⓘ
partOf	Clemson University ⓘ
politicalFunction	Calhoun’s home office and political headquarters ⓘ
significantEvent	formed core land grant for Clemson University ⓘ headquarters of John C. Calhoun’s political activities ⓘ
significantPerson	Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson ⓘ John C. Calhoun ⓘ Thomas Green Clemson ⓘ
topicOf	interpretive tours by Clemson University ⓘ
usedFor	cotton plantation ⓘ enslaved-labor plantation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John C. Calhoun → residence → Fort Hill plantation, South Carolina ⓘ

John → residence → Fort Hill plantation, South Carolina ⓘ

subject surface form: John C. Calhoun