St. Paul Camp Ground

St. Paul Camp Ground
Location 940 St. Paul Rd., near Harleyville, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°12′17″N 80°28′57″W / 33.20472°N 80.48250°W / 33.20472; -80.48250Coordinates: 33°12′17″N 80°28′57″W / 33.20472°N 80.48250°W / 33.20472; -80.48250
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
NRHP Reference # 98000424[1]
Added to NRHP April 30, 1998

St. Paul Camp Ground, also known as St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Camp Ground, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal camp meeting and national historic district located near Harleyville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 43 contributing buildings. It was established about 1880, and the buildings and grounds are used for one week each year. The tabernacle is a one-story building clad in rough-sawn weatherboard. Also on the property are 54 tents, two stores, and a storage house.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Sarah Fick (June 1997). "St. Paul Camp Ground" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "St. Paul Camp Ground, Dorchester County (940 St. Paul Rd., Harleyville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.


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