Courtenay School, Charleston,

South Carolina (original building erected 1888)

Courtenay School, (modern building 1955), Charleston, South Carolina

The original Courtenay School (upper Meeting Street, Ward 7) was erected in 1888 and dedicated on Feb. 4, 1889. The school was named after Charleston Mayor William Ashmead Courtenay (Mayor of Charleston SC, 1879-1887).

The modern (1955) Courtenay Elementary School became the home of Charleston Progressive Academy in 2006. After spending millions in renovations, the campus was ordered to be vacated and gutted in 2010.

See link below for photo of (1955) modern Courtenay School, which can be used in accordance with the creative commons license: (non profit use with full attribution - see details posted on website). Photo of 1955 Courtenay School depicted below by Henry de Saussure Copeland, taken on October 26, 2006:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hdescopeland/2233233830/
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/


A history of the Courtenay Mill (Newry SC) is located here:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/oconee/history/h-47.txt

More info here on Mayor William Ashmead Courtenay:
http://www.halseymap.com/flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=40

download pdf - Preservation Society of Charleston

page 24 has a history of Courtenay School
www.preservationsociety.org/progress/NOVEMBERPROGRESS.pdf

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The Courtenay School project at 382 Meeting Street involves considerable new ... The project is one of four that were initiated by the Charleston County ...

1955 new building newspaper announcement:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19550707&id=d3NJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MQsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4086,895478

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_cxJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FwsNAAAAIBAJ&dq=courtenay%20school%20charleston&pg=1740%2C1059402

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5XVJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YQsNAAAAIBAJ&dq=courtenay%20school%20charleston&pg=1233%2C4964624