Thornwell–Presbyterian College Historic District is a historic district on the

Presbyterian College Presbyterian College (PC) is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina, United States. It was founded in 1880 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). History Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by Willia ...

campus in Clinton,

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. The majority of the 52 buildings in the district were constructed in the early 1900s, around plans by landscape architect

Charles Wellford Leavitt Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr. (March 13, 1871 – April 22, 1928) was an American landscape architect, urban planner, and civil engineer who designed everything from elaborate gardens on Long Island, New York (state), New York and New Jersey es ...

. The district was listed on the

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in 1982.

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