28-8 Baruch Home
N 34° 14.915 W 080° 36.447
17S E 536145 N 3789788
Historic birthplace of Bernard M. Baruch.
Waymark Code: WM6P24
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2009
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BARUCH HOME
On this site stood the birthplace and boyhood home of Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965), financier, philanthropist, and advisor to presidents. He was instrumental in establishing the Camden Hospital, which opened in 1913, as a tribute to his father, Dr. Simon Baruch, surgeon in the Confederate Army and later a pioneer in medicine in New York.
ERECTED BY THE CITY OF CAMDEN 1978
Marker Name: Baruch Home
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker number: 28-8
County: Kershaw
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