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Rocky Bottom 4-H Camp, Dining Hall, Intersection of Routes 178 & 199, Pickens, Pickens County, SC



B&W Photos

HB1057988
BWPhotos 213862
HB1057989
BWPhotos 213863
HB1057990
BWPhotos 213864
HB1057991
BWPhotos 213865

HB1057992
BWPhotos 213866
HB1057993
BWPhotos 213867
HB1057994
BWPhotos 213868
HB1057995
BWPhotos 213869


Item Title
BWPhotos 213869

Location
Intersection of Routes 178 & 199, Pickens vicinity, SC

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS SC-666-A
Building/structure dates: 1925 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1990 demolished
Significance: The dining hall of the Rocky Bottom 4-H Camp is significant because it is the only original structure left of the first permanent county 4-H Camp built in South Carolina and in the nation, and is part of the oldest existing camp of its kind in the country. Bernard Baruch, noted American financier, contributed twenty percent of the funds needed to construct the original camp in 1925. As part of the camp complex, the dining hall is a visual reminder of important events and trends in the history of Pickens County. These include the role of the 4-H club and political gatherings in this rural, agricultural, upcountry county during the early twentieth century.

Subjects
Food Industry
Building Deterioration
Handicapped Persons


Related Names
Rocky Bottom Camp Of The Blind
Baruch, Bernard


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

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