Jacob Bedenbaugh House

Jacob Bedenbaugh House
Jacob Bedenbaugh House, March 2012
Location1185 South Carolina Highway 773, near Prosperity, South Carolina
Coordinates34°13′41″N 81°28′10″W / 34.22806°N 81.46944°W / 34.22806; -81.46944
AreaLess than one acre
Builtc. 1860 (1860)
NRHP reference No.11000732[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 2011

The Jacob Bedenbaugh House is an historic home located near Prosperity, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, frame I-house. It was the home of Jacob and Sarah Bedenbaugh, an interracial couple remained together for 42 years during the late-19h and early-20th centuries.[2][3]

The home is still owned by the descendants of Jacob and Sarah Bedenbaugh.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 10/03/11 through 10/07/11. National Park Service. October 14, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. ^ Caroline Wilson and Katherine Murphy (August 2011). "Jacob Bedenbaugh House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory.
  3. ^ "Jacob Bedenbaugh House, Newberry County (1185 SC Hwy. 773, Prosperity vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  4. ^ Interracial Couple Survived Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Cotton Boll Conspiracy, October 22, 2015