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Cool Springs (Camden, South Carolina)

Coordinates: 34°17′37″N 80°36′36″W / 34.29361°N 80.61000°W / 34.29361; -80.61000
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Cool Springs
Cool Springs, HABS Photo
Cool Springs (Camden, South Carolina) is located in South Carolina
Cool Springs (Camden, South Carolina)
Cool Springs (Camden, South Carolina) is located in the United States
Cool Springs (Camden, South Carolina)
Location726 Kershaw Highway, near Camden, South Carolina
Coordinates34°17′37″N 80°36′36″W / 34.29361°N 80.61000°W / 34.29361; -80.61000
Area16 acres (6.5 ha)
Builtc. 1832 (1832), c. 1850
ArchitectReuben Hamilton
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.89001596[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 1989

Cool Springs is a historic home located near Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. It was built about 1832, and is a two-story Greek Revival style house on a raised brick basement. The original house was remodeled in the 1850s. It features a tiered portico and verandahs, supported by 64 Doric order columns. A two-story kitchen addition was attached to the house about 1935. Also on the property are the contributing two horse stables, a concrete piscatory, an old stone spring, a brick basin, a dam, and granite gate posts.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Katherine H. Richardson and Robert B. Bennett, Jr. (June 1989). "Cool Springs" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "Cool Springs, Kershaw County (726 Kershaw Hwy., Camden)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
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Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-342, "Coolspring, U.S. Routes 521 & 601, Camden, Kershaw County, SC", 3 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page