Rainey, Joseph H., House
Historic house in South Carolina, US in Georgetown, South Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1984, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Joseph H. Rainey House, also known as the Rainey-Camlin House, is a historic house at 909 Prince Street in Georgetown, South Carolina. Built in the 1760s, after the Civil War it was the home of Joseph H. Rainey, the first black United States Congressman (R-SC). Born into slavery and freed as a child by his parents, he served several terms, serving from 1870 into 1878. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1984.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 909 Prince St., Georgetown, SC |
| County | Georgetown County |
| Listed | Apr 20, 1984 |
| Reference number | 84003877 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 909 Prince St., Georgetown, SC |
| Coordinates | 33.36901, -79.28446 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Charles Pinckney National Historic Site · 48 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Buck Hall Recreation Area 28 mi |
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Nearby in Georgetown County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 84003877. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.