Boykin Mill Complex

United States historic place


Boykin Mill Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Boykin Mill Complex, September 2012
34°07′42″N 80°34′17″W / 34.12833°N 80.57139°W / 34.12833; -80.57139
Area	886.3 acres (358.7 ha)
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	92001230^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 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

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Katherine H. Richardson (May 1991). "Boykin Mill Complex" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
^ "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.