3 mi. S of Bamberg on SC 78, Bamberg, South Carolina. County/parish: Bamberg.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 11, 1971. NRIS 71000742.
3 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Woodlands, or the William Gilmore Simms Estate, is a historic plantation estate in Bamberg County, South Carolina. The property is nationally notable as the home for many years of author William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), considered one of the leading literary voices of the antebellum Southern United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971. The main house, built in part by Simms, contains mementos from his period.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118996810