The City of Camden is seeking to hire a consultant with experience producing successful nominations to the National Register of Historic Places to prepare an Additional Documentation nomination for the City of Camden Historic District.
The City of Camden Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The period of significance for the District ended, by default, at 1921, or 50 years prior to the date of listing. A survey of Camden’s historic resources in 1996 determined that the period of significance for the district could be extended up to 1946 (50 years prior to the date of the survey) in order to account for the historic development of Camden through the years of the Second World War.
In 2024, it is now anticipated that the period of significance may be extended at the local level of significance, potentially up to 1975. Through this project, the City’s goal is to produce a National Register of Historic Places “Additional Documentation” nomination for the City of Camden Historic District that documents and justifies an extended period of significance into the latter half of the twentieth century and identifies contributing properties that date from within this extended period. This Additional Documentation nomination will be submitted to SCDAH for review and approval by the State Board of Review and the National Park Service.