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In 1828 Rev. Thomas Goulding opened a Presbyterian seminary with a handful of students in a manse front room across from the Lexington church. It moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 1830 and survives today as Columbia Theological Seminary.
The Birthplace of Columbia Theological Seminary is a historical marker in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, erected in 2020. It is one of 13 historical markers documented in Oglethorpe County, among 71 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.8699, -83.1086 near Lexington. The nearest cataloged historic site is Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Meson Academy, Lexington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, and Oglethorpe County.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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