Camp Welfare

Camp Welfare is a historic African-American religious campground located near Monticello, 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.[2][3]

Camp Welfare
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Camp Welfare, July 2012
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Location	Off U.S. Route 21, near Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°29′23″N 80°57′04″W
Area	11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built	c. 1900 (1900), c. 1930
Architect	Multiple
MPS	Fairfield County MRA
NRHP reference No.	84000586[1]
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1984

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. unknown (n.d.). "Camp Welfare" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
3. "Camp Welfare, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 234, Mitford vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.