City Directories and History: This house was built in 1812 as a three-room, one story dwelling. In 1813, it was bought by James Kennedy Douglas, a prosperous Camden merchant, who later added two large front rooms and the upper story to provide two spacious bedrooms each with a handsome Palladian window, an unusual detail for this type of architecture. Originally the house had consisted of three rooms and reported to have been constructed by local carpenter, Mr. Josiah Campbell. Later owners were John Knox Witherspoon in 1853 and later the Nero Reed family who raised thirteen children here. The late Richard Lloyd and Mrs. Lloyd purchased the house and donated it to the Camden District Heritage Foundation which, in turn, donated it to the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County. This active group restored the house in 1975 and uses it for many cultural activities. [Courtesy the Camden Tour Book]
In 1960, the house was photographed in disrepair by the Historic America Building Survey project which was in Camden at the time. Images below in B&W are courtesy of this project.
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