Harper/Elliott

Elliott College was designed solely as student housing and lacks central academic space. The building was named for Stephen Elliott (1771-1830), a botanist, educator, state legislator and one of the founders of the State Bank of South Carolina in 1812. Elliott was also one of the founders of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in 1825, and he taught natural history and botany at the school until his death.

Harper College and its twin, Legare, were constructed at the same time and follow the pattern established by Rutledge College of a central academic section flanked by wings of student housing. Its third floor meeting hall was used by the Euphradian Literary Society, one of the first two student organizations at South Carolina College.

The building was named for William Harper (1790-1847), an early graduate of South Carolina College (1808) who served as a state legislator, United States Senator, judge, state chancellor and member of the board of trustees.