The library is located at 112 Lee Street in Clemson. For more information, visit the library’s main website.

Many thanks to Gary DuBose of Seneca for submitting this great information and picture he took in December 2010. Gary says that this “photo was taken on a lonely evening with students and staff gone for the holidays.”

“The interior of the building has been rebuilt a couple of times. The first was after it was gutted by a fire only a few years after being constructed. The second time was in the 1980s when the building was extensively renovated.”

Special thanks to Gary DuBose of Seneca, who captured this image in March 2010. Gary is a Clemson alum and a chemistry teacher at Daniel High, a local Clemson area school. Since his wife works at the university, he visits the campus a good bit and says it is one of his favorite places to walk and take photos.

At 66-feet tall, with branches that reach 124 feet, this record-setting bur oak was just a seedling when Clemson was founded 120 years ago. Based on age studies conducted by foresters, the tree was designated the Centennial Oak when the university celebrated its 100th birthday in 1989. Bur oaks normally live 150-300 years.

The Centennial Oak is also one of South Carolina’s “Champion Trees,” a designation that means it’s the largest of its species in the state. Champion trees are determined by precise measurements of a tree’s trunk circumference, height, and average crown spread.

South Carolina also has 14 National Champion Trees including the largest loblolly pine and the largest swamp tupelo in the country, both located in Congaree National Park in Richland County. The National Champion rosebay rhododendron is in Sumter National Forest in Oconee County, and the country’s largest winged elm is at the Savannah River Site near Aiken.

Learn more about other renowned South Carolina Trees.

Gary writes: “This is the John C Calhoun House, known as Fort Hill, located on the campus of Clemson University. Calhoun’s son-in-law, Thomas Clemson, gave the land to the state in the late 1800s.”

The areas of the plantation open for public viewing include the house, Calhoun’s office, a reconstructed kitchen, a partially restored spring, and a beautiful lawn.

See a picture of the Calhoun House in Abbeville.

SCIWAY contributor Gary Dubose says that “Tillman Hall, built in the 1890s, is the iconic image of Clemson University. Here it sits lonely on a winter’s day with the students on vacation.”

Kimberly Miller says that she enjoyed walking by Tillman Hall everyday on the way to class, and listening to the bells chime every quarter hour.

Gary writes: “Built in 1802, Old Stone Church is one of the older structures remaining in Upstate South Carolina. Revolutionary War General Andrew Pickens, namesake of Pickens County is buried here. Still in use today, the cemetery is also the final resting place for several of the photographer’s relatives.”

To see additional photographic details of Old Stone Church, see the site’s listing in The National Register of Historic Places here.

Not only are they beautiful, these acres are also outdoor classrooms. Ongoing research projects help us better understand plant breeding, water conservation, pesticide reduction, turf-grass management, and sustainable and heirloom vegetable production.

See another view of the property here.

This photo was sent to us by David Waldrop of Pelzer.

Gene says, “Bette and I were at the SC Botanical Gardens and thought this shot of the Hanson Discovery Center was quite striking with the surrounding fields and woods.”

Click here for another nice photo taken at the South Carolina Botanical Garden.