Camden

The Kershaw County Courthouse | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Kershaw County Courthouse was designed by famed South Carolina architect Robert Mills and built in 1826. The original courthouse had Ionic columns; local citizens, who wanted a more "modern"...

Camden's Main Street, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Camden's Main Street, around 1910. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Plat Map Of Camden | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The town of Camden was one of the first official settlements to be laid out in the interior of South Carolina in the 1730s. Settlers flooded into the backcountry during the quarter century of peace...

Old Market And Court House, 1836 Engraving | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This small engraving showing a faded sketch of the "Old Market and Court House, 1836" was probably copied from an earlier sketch of Camden as it appeared around 1820. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana...