Camp Welfare

Camp Welfare
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Camp Welfare, July 2012
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Location	Off U.S. Route 21, near Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°29′23″N 80°57′04″W / 34.48972°N 80.95111°W / 34.48972; -80.95111Coordinates: 34°29′23″N 80°57′04″W / 34.48972°N 80.95111°W / 34.48972; -80.95111
Area	11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built	c. 1900 (1900), c. 1930
MPS	Fairfield County MRA
NRHP Reference #	84000586
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1984

Camp Welfare is a historic African-American religious campground located near Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was founded after the American Civil War by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It is a collection of approximately 100 one-story, frame, weatherboarded cabins called tents arranged in a double "U"-shape. The focal point of the camp is the arbor; a rough, gable roofed wooden shelter with wooden benches. Also located at the camp is Zion Church; a frame building with a gable roof surmounted by a belfry built about 1930.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.