Built 1869 Opened 1869 Added to NRHP 29 June 1976 | NRHP Reference # 76001692 Area 3,200 m² | |
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Location N. Railroad Ave. and N. Carlisle St., Bamberg, South Carolina Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture | ||
General Francis Marion Bamberg (1838-1905), the builder of the General Francis Marion Bamberg House, played an important role in the growth of the town and county of Bamberg, South Carolina. Among other accomplishments, General Bamberg promoted the educational, religious, economic and cultural growth of the town of Bamberg, gave a library and gymnasium to the Carlisle Fitting School, and significant sums for the construction of a Methodist church. The house, located in one of Bamberg’s oldest residential areas, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1976.
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