American Legion Hut (Hampton, South Carolina)

American Legion Hut
Hampton American Legion Hut, January 2006
Location Jct. of Hoover St. and Jackson Ave., Hampton, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°52′19″N 81°7′3″W / 32.87194°N 81.11750°W / 32.87194; -81.11750Coordinates: 32°52′19″N 81°7′3″W / 32.87194°N 81.11750°W / 32.87194; -81.11750
Area less than one acre
Built 1933 (1933)
Architectural style Log Cabin
NRHP reference # 00001235[1]
Added to NRHP October 27, 2000

American Legion Hut is a historic clubhouse located at Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina. It was built in 1933, and is a one-story, T-shaped cypress log building with a truss roof. The Hut was constructed as and continues to be a meeting hall for the Hampton American Legion Post 108 as well as serving as a site for civic and social events. Local workers built the Hut supported by funds from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation during the Great Depression.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Mildred Rivers (May 1999). "American Legion Hut" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ "American Legion Hut, Hampton County (Hoover St. & Jackson Ave., Hampton)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 4, 2018.


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