Camp Welfare
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(Front) This camp ground, described by one journalist as “picturesque, rugged, simple with an overhanding air of festivity,” has hosted an annual camp meeting since 1876; slaves had worshipped here before the Civil War. The site was purchased in 1878 by trustees Carter Beaty, Charles Green, Jeff Gaither, Henry Hall, and John Hall.
It was deeded to Camp Wllfair A.M.E. Zion Church in 1925. (Reverse) The small wood-frame or cinder-block houses a Camp Welfare are typical of “tents” at church camo grounds. An early 20th century one-room school stood here until it closed in 1955. The site also includes Camp Wellfair A.M.E. Zion Church (built about 1930), an open-air arbor, and a cemetery.
Camp Welfare was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Erected by the Fairfield County Historical Society, 2002
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