Former owners of the house say that its ballroom was used for Catholic Church services, and that Edgar Brown, a long time Democratic legislator of South Carolina from Barnwell County, rented a room upstairs when he first moved to Barnwell.

SCIWAY thanks Melissa Roberts of Barnwell for providing these pictures and information.

Banksia Hall was listed in the National Historic Register in 1974.

SCIWAY thanks Melissa Roberts of Barnwell for submitting this picture in March 2011.

The sundial, replicated on the city’s welcome sign, has stood on the county courthouse grounds for over 150 years and gives accurate time. It is quite possibly the only town clock of its kind anywhere.

When you see the sundial, you know you’re in Barnwell!

Many thanks to Melissa Roberts for submitting this picture in December 2010.

When people began to settle in the Barnwell area in the early 1800s, it was known as “Red Hill.” Back then, the city limits were only a three-quarter mile radius around the Barnwell County Courthouse. This circle the heart of the downtown area even today.

SCIWAY thanks Melissa Roberts for submitting this picture in December 2010.

Mr. Fuller was originally from Ohio, and was elected Mayor in 1932. He made many important civic improvements to the area, and was the chairman of the WPA work going on in Barnwell during 1933.

Barnwell eventually built a new library, and the Fuller House was donated to the city museum. After the restoration of the house is complete, the Barnwell County Museum will be able to call the Fuller House home.

SCIWAY thanks Melissa Roberts for submitting this photo in December 2010, and Marie Peeples for providing this great historical information.

The park is located on the corner of Main Street and Marlboro Avenue, and is affectionately remembered as “Porter’s Corner.” The corner used to be a popular meeting place for local nurses, who would spend time here chatting while their children played.

Collins Park is open to the public, and is dedicated to the famous sons and daughters of Barnwell.

Many thanks to frequent contributor Melissa Roberts for these pictures.

The original building was built in 1829 for Barnwell Baptist Church and used by Bethlehem Baptist Church until 1898 when the current church was erected on the same site. Salvaged materials from the original structure were used in the construction of the new church.

Because it is a well-preserved example of the independent black churches that proliferated in the South after the Civil War, the church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

In the early 1900s Bethlehem’s congregation was instrumental in the founding of Morris College in Sumter and the establishment of a high school for African American students in Barnwell.

SCIWAY thanks Melissa Roberts for submitting these picture in December 2010.

Barnwell was established in 1800 as the seat of government for Barnwell County, but the fledgling town was burned to the ground by Union troops during the Civil War. Between 1869 and 1873, court proceedings had to be held in Blackville while Barnwell restored itself and rebuilt government buildings.

Today, Barnewell’s downtown is a mix of historic landmarks such the the old Barnwell County Courthouse and newer shops, offices, and buildings such as City Hall.

SCIWAY thanks Melissa Roberts for contributing this photo.

Inscriptions adorn three faces of the monument and read as follows:

West Face
Who throughout a long and bloody struggle displayed a heroism and devotion to duty unsurpassed. If ever equaled in the annals of war.

South Face
Who wrung from the great commander of the opposing armies the humiliating confession that they could be overcome only by attrition. And in the deadly contest in which they engaged their spirits were never broken. Their courage never quailed. Their convictions never deserted. And their manhood was never surrendered

North Face
Erected by the women of Barnwell to the memory of their countrymen who fell in the war for the rights of the states. And who died to maintain the principal that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Many thanks to Melissa Roberts of Barnwell for submitting this picture in December 2010.

Be sure to also check out the famous Barnwell Sundial Clock, which is located on the Barnwell County Courthouse grounds.

Barnwell is located in southwestern South Carolina, and is about 35 miles southeast of Aiken on US 278. The city was incorporated in 1829, and the heart of the city is the courthouse, where you can find the famous Barnwell sundial clock!

SCIWAY thanks Melissa Roberts for these great photos she took in December 2010.