Indian Fields Methodist Campground, Methodist camp meeting site in Saint George, United States.
Indian Field Methodist Campground is a Methodist camp meeting ground off US Route 15, about 5 mi north of Saint George, Dorchester County, South Carolina. Its central wooden tabernacle, a gablet-roofed pavilion with exposed rafters and a raised preacher's stand, seats over 1,000. Ninety-nine two-story wooden cabins called "tents" surround it, arranged roughly in an octagon rather than a circle.
The first Indian Field camp meeting was held on a farm in the late 18th century, and other sources date the campground's establishment to 1810. In 1838 it was moved to the present site, where the existing structures were built in 1848 and restored in 1970. Bishop Francis Asbury preached at "Indian Fields" on December 21, 1801, and January 13, 1803.
Camp meetings at Indian Field last about a week and mix preaching with social gatherings, as they have since the 19th century. Families occupy the wooden cabins called "tents", and the downstairs dirt floors are covered with straw during meetings. Cooking happens under a shed at the rear of each cabin.
The cabins stand in a rough octagon around the tabernacle, with a paved road running around the grounds and a privy behind each cabin. Downstairs floors are dirt, covered with straw during camp meetings, and cooking happens under a shed at the rear. Each tent now has water and electric service.
The cabins are called "tents" and are arranged roughly in an octagon, not the circle often claimed. Each two-story tent has two upstairs bedrooms split by gender, a rear downstairs bedroom for older family members, and a cook shed with a wood-burning brick or cinderblock fireplace behind it.
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