Historic Resources Survey of Camden, South Carolina, September 1995 through September 1996

Historic Property Associates, Inc.

From survey data sheet: Boundaries of Survey Area: A total of seven distinct areas within or immediately adjacent to the City of Camden were subject to survey (see Map I, page viii). The boundaries for the areas are as follows: Area I: Bounded roughly by Dicey's Ford Road and the tracks of the former Seaboard Airline Railroad on the north, the abandoned railroad grade of the Southern Railway on the east, and the southern and western city limits. Area 2: An unincorporated area encompassing the properties of the Camden Golf and Country Club, Springdale Hall and Cottages, and the property known as Beechwood at 100 Knights Hill Road. Area 3: The property that comprises Springdale Racecourse and Schooling Track, 200 Knights Hill Road. Area 4: The property that comprises the Chestnut Street Schooling and Racing Track. Area 5: The properties of the former Seaboard Airline Depot at 1100 DeKalb Street and the Camden Armory at I 040 DeKalb Street. Area 6: The property encompassing the Hermitage Cotton Mill and Mill Village. Area 7: The property encompassing the Kendall Cotton Mill and Mill Village. Number of Properties Surveyed: 861 Number of Square Miles Surveyed: Approximately 8 sq. mi. Survey Goals: The primary goals of the survey were I) to locate, document, and record approximately 750 of the most significant above-ground historical resources within the Camden city limits; 2) to provide information, in the form of defensible boundaries, an inventory of contributing properties, expanded historic contexts and a National Register quality map, necessary to correct and update the Camden Historic National Register District; 3) to compile a list of properties outside the historic district that are eligible for listing in the National Register and that may benefit from preservation tax incentives and grants; 4) and to provide the City and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH) with documentation that will be helpful in implementing future preservation-related undertakings." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Historic Resources Survey of Camden, South Carolina, September 1995 through September 1996

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