Carlisle Military School
Inscription
SC Methodists began an institution on this site in 1892 naming it Carlisle Fitting School, for James H. Carlisle, president of Wofford College 1875-1902. It served as a coeducational preparatory institution for Wofford. Col. James F. Risher (1889-1973) leased Carlisle in 1932 and purchased it 1938, renaming it Carlisle Military School by 1943.
It educated young men from the US and many countries until closing in 1977. Erected by City of Bamberg Board of Public Works, 1994
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