Bettis Academy and Junior College
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Bettis Academy and Junior College, March 2012
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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°WCoordinates: 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 # | 98000560 |
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).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.