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Collins Park in Barnwell was given to the city by the Robert O. Collins Family in 2000. The site had once been the home of William Gilmore Simms and his wife, Emma Hertzog Simms. After Joseph Allen Porter purchased the property in 1919, it remained in the Porter family until it was ultimately purchased by Robert O. Collins. During the first half of the 20th century, the corner of Main Street and Marlboro Ave. became a meeting place where neighborhood nurses sat on the walls along two sides of the property, exchanged household and community news, and watched the children in their care play. Remembered by many as Porter's Corner, the location preserved cherished memories of a bygone era. Designed by Robert Marvin and open to the public, the park was dedicated to the famous sons and daughters of the city.
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Barnwell, South Carolina · United States
