Bethany Cemetery

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Bethany Cemetery

Street Address:

NE Corner of Laurens ST NW & Hampton AVE NW, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1385

Control Number:

U/03/1385

Date Surveyed:

November 19 2009

Category:

Site

Construction Date:

1892

Historic Use:

Funerary

Current Use:

Funerary

National Register Determination:

Potentially Eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Access through triple gate on Hampton Ave.; mostly level site with mature pine, cedar & magnolia trees; marker types found, include: ledgers, headstones, box tombs, mausoleums, obelisks & lawn markers; gate plaque states 1904 for date of construction. Prev. SHPO No. 0175

Historical Information:

Non-denominational cemetery, historically for the city's white residents. Aiken's early churches, located downtown, had cemetery plots beside each, as the city grew it was necessary to set aside space away from the downtown core for an enlarging cemetery

Source of Historical Information:

Local History

Survey:

City of Aiken Historic Resources Survey, Aiken County, South Carolina. May 2010

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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