Jacob Bedenbaugh House Explained

Jacob Bedenbaugh House
Location:	1185 South Carolina Highway 773, near Prosperity, South Carolina
Coordinates:	34.2281°N -81.4694°W
Built:	c.
Added:	October 6, 2011
Area:	Less than one acre
Refnum:	11000732^[1]

The Jacob Bedenbaugh House is an historic home located near Prosperity, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, frame I-house. It was the home of Jacob and Sarah Bedenbaugh, an interracial couple remained together for 42 years during the late-19h and early-20th centuries.^{[2] [3]}

The home is still owned by the descendants of Jacob and Sarah Bedenbaugh.^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-10-14. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 10/03/11 through 10/07/11. National Park Service. 2014-06-29. 2014-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152927/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20111014.htm. dead.
2. Web site: Caroline Wilson and Katherine Murphy . Jacob Bedenbaugh House . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 2011 . pdf .
3. Web site: Jacob Bedenbaugh House, Newberry County (1185 SC Hwy. 773, Prosperity vicinity) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . June 29, 2014.
4. https://southcarolina1670.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/interracial-couple-survived-reconstruction-jim-crow/ Interracial Couple Survived Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Cotton Boll Conspiracy, October 22, 2015