Bettis Academy and Junior College
Bettis Academy and Junior College | |
Location | Junction of Bettis Academy Rd. and Nicholson Rd., near Trenton, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 33°39′30″N 81°51′31″W / 33.6582°N 81.8587°W |
Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
Built | 1935 | , 1939, 1942
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
NRHP reference No. | 98000560[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 20, 1998 |
Bettis Academy and Junior College is a historic African-American Baptist school complex and national historic district located near Trenton, Edgefield County, South Carolina. Bettis Academy and Junior College was established in 1881 and closed in 1952. The complex now consists of three contributing buildings and one contributing site, all dating from the last 20 years of the institution. The remaining buildings are the rock-faced Alexander Bettis Community Library (1939); a bungalow-form building with a dual-pitched pyramidal roof; the stuccoed brick Classroom Building (1935); and the rock-faced Colonial Revival style Biddle Hall (1942).[2][3]
The library was originally the Iowa City Unit of the Faith Cabin Libraries that was built by the students. It was later named the Alexander Bettis Community Library.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Willie J. (Willa) J. Lanham and A'LaPerle Hickman (December 1997). "Bettis Academy and Junior College" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Bettis Academy and Junior College, Edgefield County (jct. of Bettis Academy Rd. & Nicholson Rd., Trenton vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ Stevens, Ashley D. (September 25, 2012). "South Carolina MPS Faith Cabin Libraries in South Carolina 1932-ca.1960 MPS". National Park Service. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- African-American history of South Carolina
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1942
- Buildings and structures in Edgefield County, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Edgefield County, South Carolina
- 1935 establishments in South Carolina
- Midlands South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs