Historic Camden Site	Historic Camden Site	Historic Camden Site	Kerhsaw-Cornwallis House, n.d.	Kershaw-Cornwallis House, Rebuilt ca. 1977
Bradley House	Craven House	Cunningham House	Excavations at Kershaw-Cornwallis House, ca. 1968	Powder Magazine site Rebuilt foundations ca. 1973
Reconstructed Moat and Breastwork Norhteast Redoubt ca. 1971

(Kershaw-Cornwallis House) The district concerned was central colonial Camden and its adjacent outlying areas. During British occupation, Camden consisted of two city blocks of period homes and military barracks surrounded by a palisade log fence and further protected by five redoubt and three other fortified features (a house, a jail, and a powder magazine) which were placed strategically from 100 to 1000 feet outside the town itself. Because of war and fire, all original buildings in the district have been destroyed, and much of it remains open. At the time of nomination, extensive archaeological restoration of the powder magazine site (not the building itself) and the foundation of the fortified house (used as British headquarters for Lord Cornwallis and Lord Rawdon and the home of the town’s founder, Joseph Kershaw) have been effected without destroying their historical integrity. Camden’s significance in the Revolutionary War is directly related to the British War Office’s decision of late 1779 to establish total control over the southern colonies. Camden served as the main British supply post from spring 1780 to spring 1781 and also proved to be their garrison for two major Revolutionary War engagements, the Battles of Camden and Hobkirk Hill. The fall of Camden was a pivotal point in the eventual defeat of the British. Listed in the National Register July 29, 1969.

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