Camp Welfare Explained

Camp Welfare
Location:	Off U.S. Route 21, near Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates:	34.4897°N -80.9511°W
Built:	c., c. 1930
Architect:	Multiple
Added:	December 6, 1984
Refnum:	84000586

Camp Welfare is a historic African-American religious campground located near Winnsboro, South Carolina Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was founded after the American Civil War by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. It is a collection of approximately 100 one-story, frame, weatherboarded cabins called tents arranged in a double "U"-shape. The focal point of the camp is the arbor; a rough, gable roofed wooden shelter with wooden benches. Also located at the camp is Zion Church; a frame building with a gable roof surmounted by a belfry built about 1930.^{[1] [2]}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

See also

• Cattle Creek Campground: United Methodist camp meeting ground in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
• Cypress Camp Ground: Methodist camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina
• Indian Fields Campground: Methodist camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina
• Mount Carmel Campground: AME Zion camp meeting ground in Lancaster County, South Carolina
• St. Paul Camp Ground: AME camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina

Notes and References

1. Web site: unknown . Camp Welfare . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d. . 5 July 2012.
2. Web site: Camp Welfare, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 234, Mitford vicinity) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 5 July 2012.