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	Camp Welfare
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Camp Welfare, July 2012
	Location within South Carolina Location within the United States
Location	Off U.S. Route 21, near Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°29′23″N 80°57′04″W / 34.48972°N 80.95111°W
Area	11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built	c. 1900, c. 1930
Architect	Multiple
MPS	Fairfield County MRA
NRHP reference No.	84000586
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1984

Camp Welfare is a historic African-American religious campground located near Winnsboro, South Carolina Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was founded after the American Civil War by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. It is a collection of approximately 100 one-story, frame, weatherboarded cabins called tents arranged in a double "U"-shape. The focal point of the camp is the arbor; a rough, gable roofed wooden shelter with wooden benches. Also located at the camp is Zion Church; a frame building with a gable roof surmounted by a belfry built about 1930.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ unknown (n.d.). "Camp Welfare" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
↑ "Camp Welfare, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 234, Mitford vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 5, 2012.

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] unknown (n.d.). "Camp Welfare" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 5, 2012.

[scdah-3] "Camp Welfare, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 234, Mitford vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 5, 2012.

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