National Register of Historic Places - South Carolina (SC), Bamberg County

Bamberg County South Carolina has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Woodlands, Bamberg Historic District, Bamberg, Gen. Francis Marion, House, Cal Smoak Site and Rivers Bridge State Park.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Archaic and Woodland dating back to 7999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Bamberg County historic places including William Gilmore Simms, Gen Francis Marion Bamberg and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Bamberg County places including Sayre & Baldwin, Louis A. Simon, D.H. Woodward and T.N. Lacy. Prominent architectural styles found in Bamberg Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Gothic Revival.

American Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (added 1999 - - #99000815)

Also known as Southern Bell Telephone Building

124 N. Palmetto Ave. , Denmark

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Woodward, D.H., Lacy, T.N.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Communications Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

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Bamberg City Hall (added 2005 - - #05001099)

3069 Main Hwy , Bamberg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sayre & Baldwin

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Correctional Facility, Fire Station, Library, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Bamberg Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002184)

E. Railroad Ave., 2nd, Midway, Elm, Cannon, N. Carlisle, and Church Sts. , Bamberg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Bamberg Post Office (added 2007 - - #07000074)

11955 Heritage Hwy. , Bamberg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Simon, Louis A., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office

More Information:

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Bamberg, Gen. Francis Marion, House (added 1976 - - #76001692)

Also known as Bamberg House

N. Railroad Ave. and N. Carlisle St. , Bamberg

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Bamberg, Gen Francis Marion

Significant Year:

1869

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Cal Smoak Site (added 1986 - - #86000042)

Also known as 38BM4

Address Restricted , Bamberg

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Archaic, Woodland

Period of Significance:

7500-7999 BC, 7000-7499 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 3000-4999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-2999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Copeland House (added 1991 - - #91001494)

SC Secondary Rd. 389, .3 mi. S of jct. with SC 64 , Ehrhardt

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Cemetery

More Information:

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Denmark High School (added 2001 - - #01000297)

Also known as Old Denmark High School

N. Palmetto Ave. , Denmark

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Mizpah Methodist Church (added 2000 - - #00001531)

Also known as Mizpah United Methodist Church

Jct. of US 301 and S-5-31 , Olar

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Rivers Bridge State Park (added 1972 - - #72001187)

6 mi. SW of Ehrhardt , Ehrhardt

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Fortification

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

More Information:

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Voorhees College Historic District (added 1982 - - #82003830)

Voorhees College Campus , Denmark

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Wright, Elizabeth Evelyn

Significant Year:

1904, 1929, 1897

Area of Significance:

Black, Education, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

More Information:

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Woodlands (added 1971 - - #71000742)

Also known as William Gilmore Simms Estate

3 mi. S of Bamberg on SC 78 , Bamberg

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Simms,William Gilmore

Significant Year:

1867, 1870, 1836

Area of Significance:

Literature

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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