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Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Communal Grave Marker for Cleveland School Fire

Street Address:

820 Beulah Church Rd

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Site Number:

1568.01

Control Number:

U/55/1568.01

Tax Number:

314-00-23

Date Surveyed:

November 12 2001

Category:

Structure

Construction Date:

circa 1930

Historic Use:

Funerary

Current Use:

Funerary

Signficant Architectural Features:

Communal grave marker is located in the Beulah Methodist Church Cemetery.

Historical Information:

Marker commemorates the communal grave of 77 victims of the Cleveland School fire. There were 50 to 60 unidentified bodies that were buried in the communal grave. The victims of the Cleveland School fire resulted in one of the largest funerals in Kershaw County (5,000 attendees) at the Beulah Methodist Church, May 18 1923.

Source of Historical Information:

"Kershaw County Legacy: A Commemorative History." Inabinet, Glen L. and Joan ed. Kershaw County Historical Society, Camden, S.C. 1983, 1993.

Quadrangle Name:

Camden South

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