Camp Welfare is a historic African-American religious campground located near Winnsboro, South Carolina Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was founded after the American Civil War by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. It is a collection of approximately 100 one-story, frame, weatherboarded cabins called tents arranged in a double "U"-shape. The focal point of the camp is the arbor; a rough, gable roofed wooden shelter with wooden benches. Also located at the camp is Zion Church; a frame building with a gable roof surmounted by a belfry built about 1930.[2][3]
Camp Welfare | |
 Camp Welfare, July 2012 | |
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| Location | Off U.S. Route 21, near Ridgeway, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°29′23″N 80°57′04″W / 34.48972°N 80.95111°W |
| Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
| Built | c. 1900, c. 1930 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| MPS | Fairfield County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000586[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 6, 1984 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also
edit- Cattle Creek Campground: United Methodist camp meeting ground in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
- Cypress Camp Ground: Methodist camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina
- Indian Fields Campground: Methodist camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina
- Mount Carmel Campground: AME Zion camp meeting ground in Lancaster County, South Carolina
- St. Paul Camp Ground: AME camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "Camp Welfare" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ "Camp Welfare, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 234, Mitford vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
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