Carter Hill (Camden, South Carolina)

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Carter Hill
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Location10 miles south of Camden, east of U.S. Route 521, near Camden, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°8′8″N80°32′57″W / 34.13556°N 80.54917°W / 34.13556; -80.54917 Coordinates: 34°8′8″N80°32′57″W / 34.13556°N 80.54917°W / 34.13556; -80.54917
Built1840
Built byBoykin, Burwell H.
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Folk Victorian
NRHP reference No. 92001231 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 1992

Carter Hill is a historic plantation complex located near Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. The overseer's house was built about 1840, and now incorporated into the main house built about 1875. The overseer's house was a one-room house, that incorporates architectural elements in the Greek Revival style. The main house reflects the rural Victorian architectural style predominant after the American Civil War. Also on the property are a log building, a frame building, a pump house, a smokehouse, a dovecote, a hen house, and a barn constructed at various times during the 19th century. [2] [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Richardson, Katherine H.; Bill Cooper (May 7, 1971). "Carter Hill" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. "Carter Hill, Kershaw County (off U.S. Hwy. 521, Boykin vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 8 December 2012.