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Camden Historic District, Kershaw County (Camden)
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Kershaw County
Courthouse
613 Broad St.
U.S. Post Office
105 DeKalb St.
Camden Opera
House and Clock Tower
954 Broad St.
Richard Kirkland
Fountain
Dekalb and Lyttleton Sts.
Confederate Monument
Broad and Laurens Sts.
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Pantheon
(Confederate Generals)
Monument
Lyttleton St.
and Rectory Square
Camden Powder
Magazine
818 Market St.
Hampton Park Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church
801 Broad St.
Bethesda Presbyterian
Church
502 DeKalb St.
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Baron De Kalb Monument
502A DeKalb St.
Trinity United
Methodist Church
704 DeKalb St.
Lyttleton St.
Methodist Church
Parsonage
314 Hampton St.
Lyttleton St.
Methodist Church
1206 Lyttleton St.
Grace Episcopal
Church
1315 Lyttleton St.
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St. Mary's
Catholic Church
1501 Lyttleton St.
Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Roman Catholic Church
1709 Lyttleton St.
Second Presbyterian
Church
816 Market St.
Rhame Brothers
Cotton Warehouse
524 Arthur Lane
Henry Savage, Sr.
House
1816 Brevard Place
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Gov. Fletcher House
1813 Brevard Place
Dr. Alfred Brevard
House
1816 Brevard Place
Price House
722 Broad St.
Dr. J. H. Thomas Office
828 Broad St.
L. R. Jennings
Grocery
836-834 Broad St.

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Architecturally and militarily significant, Camden was a center of activity in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and its architecture reflects the two centuries of its growth. The city was named in honor of Lord Camden, British champion of colonial rights. In 1774 wide streets were laid off in a grid pattern. The town expanded northward as shown in a 1798 plat. The plat set aside six parks which formed the basis for the city’s present 178 acres of beautiful parkland. Most of the original town was destroyed by the fire of 1813. This accelerated growth northward to the Kirkwood area, north of Chesnut Street. Originally, the houses in this area were summer cottages, but by 1840 Kirkwood was a year-round residential area of handsome mansions and elaborate gardens. Many of the mansions were built around the cottages, which still survive at their core. Contributing properties are mostly residential but also include public buildings, a church, and a cemetery. Camden’s architecture is classically inspired and includes examples of Federal and Classical Revival, in addition to cottage-type, Georgian, Charleston-type with modifications, and mansion-type houses. Several of the city’s buildings were designed by noted architect Robert Mills. Listed in the National Register May 6, 1971.

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