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thousands of orange-clad fans gather includes food, fun, entertainment, and
to support their Tiger football team. local arts and crafts. Pendleton’s Historic
Clemson University enriches the wider Village Green is also a special place
community in countless ways. Beyond to celebrate the winter holidays. Two
its renowned athletic programs, the incredible Christmas Markets take place
Brooks Center offers a vibrant cultural on Fridays and Saturdays leading up to
hub with performances, exhibitions, and Christmas, and the annual Town
screenings. The South Carolina Botanical of Pendleton Christmas Parade tours
Garden invites all to explore its natural the square.
Pendleton Village Green
beauty. And for easy transportation, the
Central
City’s fare-free CATbus provides public
When the Atlanta and Richmond Air-
transportation for students, faculty,
Line Railroad Company (later Atlanta
staff, residents, and visitors traveling fine antique shops, boutiques, and Southeast Tourism Society. Attendees
throughout Clemson. several excellent restaurants. are encouraged to explore the gift shops, and Charlotte Air Line Railway, then the
cafes, and antiques stores around the Southern Railway) arrived in the area
Together, the University and the City The Town of Pendleton was named for square during this celebrated event. on September 28, 1873, it cut through
cultivate a vibrant sense of community Judge Henry Pendleton, a Virginian who Pickens County. The railway extended
through a variety of events and activities. fought in the Revolution and remained in Each Wednesday from June-September, north from Atlanta and south from
The City organizes events such as South Carolina. The initial settlement was the Village Green is filled with Charlotte, meeting in the middle at a stop
growers and families at the weekly
Downtown Trick or Treat, a Halloween populated by Scots-Irish veterans. Farmers Market. that became a town appropriately named
festival, the Holiday Parade each By 1800, South Carolina Low Country Central. Central incorporated as a town
December, the Clemson Farmers Market, plantation owners were coming to More than 100 scarecrows guard the on March 17, 1875, extending
Camp Clemson, On the Ave (outdoor Pendleton as a summer home town during the Pendleton Fall Harvest one-half mile in each direction from
retreat. The very name of Pendleton
concerts downtown), and numerous Festival, an annual tradition that the Air-Line Depot.
family-friendly gatherings throughout became synonymous for refinement
and elegance.
the year. University-sponsored events
include the student-organized First
The Pendleton Town Council and
Friday Parade in August, ClemsonFest,
community members are committed to
Military Appreciation Day during a
encouraging careful growth that protects
Clemson football game, and the floats
the one-of-a-kind character of this
on Bowman Field and Tigerama that
historic town. The Town Square recently
kick off Homecoming weekend.
received an investment of more than a
million dollars to improve the streetscape
Pendleton
while honoring its historic aesthetic.
Pendleton, S.C. is an historic gem.
The Pendleton village green is a For more than 40 years, Pendleton
charming introduction to this historic has hosted the Spring Jubilee, a juried
town. The entire town, founded as arts-and-crafts show that has been
a courthouse seat in 1790, is on called the “Best Festival” in the state
the National Register of Historic by the American Bus Association and a Central Rails
Places. Pendleton Square offers Top Twenty Event in the Southeast by the

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