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When South Carolina College firsi
opened its doors January 10,1805, the build
ing now called Rudedge was the college. The
only building on campus at the time, it servec
as dormitory, lecture hall, chapel, library, faculty
housing, and laboratories.
The building was designed to accommodate
about 50 students and several faculty
The wings served as residential areas while
the center portion served as chapel and academic
facilities.
The first structure was originally called
South Building, because already in the planning
stages was its mirror image, a facility tc
be built about 300 hundred feet to the nortli
and called, logically enough, North Building
Destroyed by fire in 1855, Rudedge was
rebuilt almost immediately and it was probably
at that time that it received its painted
stucco facade.
After the Civil War, the east wing of Rutledge
was used as quarters by the federal military
commander of the Columbia district. Al
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t this same time, the Columbia post office and
the office of the state treasurer were in the
: west wing, and the House of Representatives
I met in the chapel.
The pipe organ in Rudedge Chapel was
built and installed in 1969. This instrument
consists of 16 ranks of pipes and was designed
especially for its placement in the balconies of
: Rutledge Chapel. In addition to being used
for chapel services, the organ is used by the
School of Music for teaching, recitals, and
I practice.
The building is named in honor of John
> Rutledge, a South Carolina statesman of the
i eighteenth century who was an early advocate
of higher education for the people of his era;
; and his brother, Edward, a signer of the Declaration
of Independence.
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Reprinted from Buildings of the Columbia Campus,
The University of South Carolina, published
by the Division of University Relations. May
: 1990.
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