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Colleton County is in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 38,892. Its county seat is Walterboro. The county is named after Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet, one of the eight Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina. After two previous incarnations, the current Colleton County was created in 1800.
Bamberg County is a county located in the southwestern portion of U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,987, making the rural county the fourth-least populous of any in South Carolina. Its county seat is Bamberg.
Bamberg is a city in and the county seat of Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,607 at the 2010 census.
Hampton is a town in Hampton County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,808 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hampton County. The town and the county are named after Wade Hampton III, a Confederate general in the Civil War.
Woodlands, or the William Gilmore Simms Estate, is a historic plantation estate in Bamberg County, South Carolina. The property is nationally notable as the home for many years of author William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), considered one of the leading literary voices of the antebellum Southern United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971. The main house, built in part by Simms, contains mementos from his period.
The Voorhees College Historic District is a historic district encompassing the campus of Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina. Thirteen of the nineteen buildings are contributing properties.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bamberg County, South Carolina.
Mizpah Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located near Olar, Bamberg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1856, and is a frame church sheathed in weatherboard and includes Greek Revival and Gothic Revival architectural elements. Surrounding the church is the church cemetery, which contains gravestones and iron Maltese cross markers for a number of Confederate veterans.
The Fort Lyttleton Site, located in Beaufort County, South Carolina, is significant for its rich and layered artifacts and structural remains., These provide a composite view of land use since colonial times. In the 18th century and early into the 19th century, the land was primarily used for military purposes. In the late 19th century, the "phosphate period" followed the military period. Shipbuilding became important in the early 20th century. The Fort Lyttleton Site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1979.
The American Telephone & Telegraph Company Building, located in Denmark, a city in Bamberg County, South Carolina was built in 1922.
Bamberg City Hall, located in Bamberg, South Carolina is a municipal city hall. It is an example of the type of early twentieth-century style of governmental building designed by the Anderson, South Carolina firm of Sayre and Baldwin. A number of architectural details of this three-story brick and cast stone building are also noteworthy. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 2004.
The Bamberg Historic District, located in the city and county of Bamberg, South Carolina, is an important collection of over 50 mostly residential buildings. The homes were constructed from 1880–1930, and are representative of the residential neighborhoods of the period. A cemetery dating to 1852 is also in the district. The Bamberg Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1983.
The Bamberg Post Office, located in the city and county of Bamberg, South Carolina, was built in 1937-38 and is significant as an example of a New Deal-era post office. The Bamberg Post Office was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 2007.
General Francis Marion Bamberg (1838-1905), the builder of the General Francis Marion Bamberg House, played an important role in the growth of the town and county of Bamberg, South Carolina. Among other accomplishments, General Bamberg promoted the educational, religious, economic and cultural growth of the town of Bamberg, gave a library and gymnasium to the Carlisle Fitting School, and significant sums for the construction of a Methodist church. The house, located in one of Bamberg's oldest residential areas, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1976.
The Copeland House is a vernacular farm residence built in the Carolina back country after 1790. It is located along what would in the early 19th century become an established coach road from the coastal counties to the interior. Constructed in the late 18th century by John Jacob Copeland (1775-1853), it became the center for his family that grew to include eight children. The house and the nearby farms, many belonging to families related by marriage over time, became significant contributors to a German Lutheran settlement in the area which took shape in this part of South Carolina a generation before the start of the American Revolution. The nearest town, Ehrhardt, South Carolina, is about 2 miles east of the Copeland House. The residence, initially built in the early 1790s, is significant for its association with the Copeland family, who built the house, occupied it continuously and farmed the surrounding property for nearly 200 years. In the mid-1980s the Copeland descendants, heirs to the fifth generation of the family, sold the property. The original square log and dovetail construction remains largely intact, even after several significant 19th and early 20th century modifications and additions were made. Subsequent owners have generally maintained the original fabric while stabilizing the structure. The house, together with several related dependencies and an adjacent Copeland family burial site, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1991.
Denmark High School, located in Denmark, South Carolina, is significant as an example of Classical Revival educational architecture. The school, built in 1920, enlarged in 1932 and again in 1948, served the educational needs of the town from 1920–1985. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2001.
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site, also known as Rivers Bridge State Park, located near Ehrhardt, a small town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, is the site of an important Civil War battle. It is in this area that General William T. Sherman engaged the Confederate Army on his advance from Savannah, and after two days of battle, outflanked the Confederates and forced them to withdraw. River Bridge State Park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.
Blair Mound is a historic archaeological site located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. Blair Mound is an earthen mound structure in the form of a low, oval hummock. It measures approximately 75 by 50 yards and is just over 5 feet (1.5 m) high, with evidence of leveling for agricultural development.
Justin Tyler Bamberg is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 90th district, which includes Bamberg County and parts of Barnwell and Colleton Counties.
South Carolina Highway 217 (SC 217) is a 15.390-mile-long (24.768 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects Lodge and Smoaks with rural areas of Colleton and Bamberg counties.
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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Derting, Keith M. (September 1984). "Cal Smoak Site (38BM4)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Cal Smoak Site, Bamberg County". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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