The Reverend Nelson C. Nix Home

The Rev Nelson C. Nix Home is part of the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network

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Quick Facts

Location:

1710 Amelia Street, Orangeburg, SC 29115

Significance:

Home of Reverend Nelson C. Nix, an African American Educator and Minister in late Reconstruction era and early 20th Century Orangeburg.

Designation:

Reconstruction Era National Historic Network

OPEN TO PUBLIC:

No

MANAGED BY:

Private Residence

The Reverend Nelson C. Nix (1865-1944) was a leader in the African American educational community Columbia and Orangeburg, SC during the later years of the Reconstruction Era. Nix attended Benedict College and Claflin University, and later became a professor at South Carolina State University. All three of these Historically Black Colleges and Universities are a part of the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. 

Reverend Nix purchased this home on Amelia Street in Orangeburg, South Carolina at the end of the Reconstruction era. Today the home is a private residence, and is designated on both the National Register as part of the Treadwell Street District, as well as the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network.