Boykin Mill Complex Explained

Boykin Mill Complex
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Location:8 miles south of Camden at the junction of South Carolina Highway 261 and County Road 2, near Camden, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.1283°N -80.5714°W
Architecture:Mid 19th Century Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival
Added:September 10, 1992
Refnum:92001230

Boykin Mill Complex, also known as Mill Tract Plantation, is a national historic district located near Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and four contributing structures. “Boykin Mill” denotes a community which consists of an old post office (ca. 1875), an old general store (c. 1905), a c. 1905 grist mill, mill pond, mill dam, gates, and canals. The community also includes an early 19th-century Greek Revival style Baptist church (c. 1827), one mid-19th-century residence, three 20th-century residences (c. 1935) built for mill workers, and a smoke house. An American Civil War battle site is also a part of the Boykin Mill community. The Battle of Boykin's Mill took place on April 17, 1865.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katherine H. Richardson . Boykin Mill Complex . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . May 1991 . June 7, 2014.
  2. Web site: Boykin Mill Complex, Kershaw County (S.C. Hwy. 261, Boykin vicinity) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . June 7, 2014.