Boykin Mill Complex
Boykin Mill Complex, September 2012
Boykin Mill Complex is located in South Carolina
Boykin Mill Complex
Boykin Mill Complex is located in the United States
Boykin Mill Complex
Location8 miles south of Camden at the junction of South Carolina Highway 261 and County Road 2, near Camden, South Carolina
Coordinates34°07′42″N 80°34′17″W / 34.12833°N 80.57139°W / 34.12833; -80.57139
Area886.3 acres (358.7 ha)
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.92001230[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1992

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.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Katherine H. Richardson (May 1991). "Boykin Mill Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Boykin Mill Complex, Kershaw County (S.C. Hwy. 261, Boykin vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 7, 2014.


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