Woodlands (Bamberg, South Carolina)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Woodlands
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = The Study, an outbuilding at Woodlands
nearest_city= Bamberg, South Carolina
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1836
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1142&ResourceType=Building
title=Woodlands |accessdate=2008-03-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=71000742

Woodlands, or the William Gilmore Simms Estate, was the home of author William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870). It is known also as Woodlands Ruins. According to the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, it is a "significant literary landmark". Simms, who married into the family that owned it and then was given this estate, observed “I am moving into an ancient dwelling largely fallen into disrepair". And further, it was burned by Federal army stragglers in 1865. But Simms did repair and use buildings and it was a gathering place for literary visitors.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/bamberg/S10817705010/index.htm
title=Woodlands, Bamberg County (S.C. Hwy. 78, Bamberg vicinity) |accessdate=2008-03-28|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/71000742.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: William Gilmore Simms Estate / "Woodlands" ] |32 KB|date=November 16, 1970 |author=John D. McDermott |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/71000742.pdf "Accompanying four photos, from 1954"] |32 KB]

It is located 3 miles south of Bamberg on both sides of SC 78, on the south bank of the south branch of the Edisto River.

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External links

* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/bamberg/S10817705010/index.htm Woodlands, Bamberg County (S.C. Hwy. 78, Bamberg vicinity)] , at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0103 Woodlands (Ruins), U.S. Route 78, Bamberg vicinity, Bamberg County, SC: 3 photos] , at Historic American Building Survey