GENERAL F. M. BAMBERG HOUSE
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Bamberg house
Street Address:
corner of RR Avenue & Carlisle Street, Bamberg, SC
Site Number:
S108042001400231
Site Number:
1
Date Surveyed:
1979
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1869 – 1880
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Vacant/Not In Use
Construction Method:
Brick
Roof Materials:
Metal
Signficant Architectural Features:
2 story, brick Victorian house. Front is asymmetrical and features a 2 story veranda, 5 bays wide on the first floor with slender square columns (some missing) on brick bases, on the second floor, 3 bays wide with smaller wooden columns and scroll brackets. Round louvered opening in front gable. Windows opening onto the porches are floor length 6/9; other windows on the building are predominantly 6/6. The main front entry features a paneled door with etched glass transom and sidelights. To the right of the ground floor veranda is a wooden conservatory which originally had 5 windows. A 5-sided wing projects from the right side of the building and a bay window from the left side. Extending from the rear facade is a 1-story wing with a porch along its left side. The tin roof features 6 chimneys, 4 with corbeled caps, and a bracketed cornice. INTERIOR: plaster ceiling medallions, deep molding, original floors and mantels. OUTBUILDINGS: smokehouse, chicken house, storage sled w/metal siding & metal roof
Alterations:
Altered
Historical Information:
Built by Gen. F. Marion Bamberg for whom the county is named. Bamberg served as a first lieutenant in Hart's Battery of the Hampton Legion in the Civil War. In 1877, Wade Hampton, then Governor of SC appointed Bamberg to his staff as brigadier general. Bamberg promoted the educational, religious, economic, and cultural growth of the town of Bamberg. He served as director and president of the Bamberg Banking Company. He helped establish the Bamberg Textile Mill and served as its director. Gen. Bamberg gave a library and gym to the Carlisle Fitting School (later Carlisle Military School) and large donations for the construction of a new Methodist Church.
Source of Historical Information:
NR nomination, prepared in 1975
Survey:
Bamberg - City, 1979-1980
Archives Location:
Box 14, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014
