Mather School Gym

NPS

Quick Facts

Location:

Beaufort, South Carolina

Significance:

This is the site of the Mather School, a school for formerly enslaved people established during Reconstruction in 1868.

Designation:

The site is a part of the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network.

MANAGED BY:

Technical College of the Lowcountry

The Wildy Memorial Gymnatorium was named in honor of Melvin T. Wildy, an honorable citizen of Beaufort County, as well as a member of Brick Baptist Church, and the Beaufort County School Board. The gym sits next to Coleman Hall on the Mather School campus. The dedication of the new building occurred in October of 1961, the same year as its construction. The building itself sits one and a half stories tall and was constructed by the method of masonry.