National Register of Historic Places

Bettis Academy and Junior College

Trenton, Edgefield County, South Carolina
Listed
May 19, 1998
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
98000560

About this property

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). The library was originally the Iowa City Unit of the Faith Cabin Libraries that was built by the students. It was later named the Alexander Bettis Community Library. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Location

Trenton, Edgefield County, South Carolina
33.65862, -81.85873

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Bettis Academy and Junior College was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1998.

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Bettis Academy and Junior College is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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