Bamberg
At&t Building
Denmark, SC
This Georgian Revival building, completed in 1923 at a cost of $300,000, was the third Denmark office of the American Telephone and...
Bamberg County Courthouse
Bamberg, SC
(Front) Bamberg County, named for Gen. Francis Marion Bamberg, was formed in 1897.
Battle of Rivers Bridge/Memorials At Rivers Bridge
Ehrhardt, SC
BATTLE OF RIVERS BRIDGE (Front) On February 2-3, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman’s Federals advanced toward Columbia, units of Gen. F.P....
Battle of Rivers’ Bridge
Here on February 3, 1865, the 17th U.S. Army Corps led by Major General Joseph A. Mower and Lieut. Gen. Giles A. Smith attacked the...
Buford’s Bridge
Ulmer, SC
(Front) Buford’s Bridge, the earliest settlement in what is now Bamberg County, was established as early as 1792, when William Buford...
Carlisle Military School
Bamberg, SC
SC Methodists began an institution on this site in 1892 naming it Carlisle Fitting School, for James H. Carlisle, president of Wofford...
Denmark High School
Denmark, SC
(Front) Denmark High School is the second school located at this spot.
Holman’s Bridge
Denmark, SC
(Front) In 1801 John Holman constructed a bridge spanning the South Fork of the Edisto River at a site previously known as Tyler’s Ferry,...
Mizpah Church
Methodist Church established by 1832.
Mountain Home Plantation
Govan, SC
(Front) Mountain Home Plantation, named for the hill on which it is located, was established before the Civil War.
Mt. Pleasant Church
In 1835 St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church moved here from about 1 mile south and changed its name to Mt. Pleasant.
Pinewood Plantation
Bamberg, SC
(Front) This plantation was the home of Maj. William Seaborn Bamberg (1820-1858), planter, merchant, and the founder of Bamberg.
Salem Methodist Church
(Front) This church, founded by 1818, held its early services in a brush arbor; the first permanent sanctuary was built nearby.
South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company
Branchville, SC
Began first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833 its 136 miles from Charleston to...
St. Johns Baptist Church
(Front) This church, established 1829-30, was first named Three Mile Creek Church and held early services in a brush arbor 4 mi. W on the...
Voorhees College
Denmark, SC
(Front) Voorhees College, founded by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright in 1897 as the Denmark Industrial School, was an effort to emphasize a...
Woodlands
(Front) Woodlands was the country home of William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), the most prominent and prolific writer of the antebellum...