Charlton Hall Plantation House

Charlton Hall Plantation House is a historic plantation house located near Hickory Tavern, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was built about 1847, and is a two-story, three bay brick residence in the Greek Revival style. It has a low hipped roof. Also on the property are a contributing blacksmith shop/shed, a smokehouse, and a frame shed. It was the home of George Washington Sullivan, Sr., (1809-1887), a prominent farmer and public servant of Laurens District before, during, and after the American Civil War.[2][3]

Charlton Hall Plantation House
Charlton Hall Plantation House, April 2012
LocationSouth Carolina Highway 101, approximately 2.5 miles south of Hickory Tavern, near Hickory Tavern, South Carolina
Coordinates34°29′40″N 82°10′6″W
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Builtc. 1847 (1847)
Built byGeorge Washington Sullivan
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival
NRHP reference No.95000633[1]
Added to NRHPMay 26, 1995

The 1849 Last Will and Testament of Joseph Sullivan bequeathed “one tract of land, suppose [sic] to contain four hundred acres including the Hickory Tavern” to his minor son, Milton A. Sullivan. George W. Sullivan was named as the trustee “until my son Milton A arrives of age.”[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Anne C. Gilbert and J. Tracy Power (February 1995). "Charlton Hall Plantation House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. "Charlton Hall Plantation House, Laurens County (S.C. Hwy. 101, Hickory Tavern vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. South Carolina Archives, Microfilm Roll C178, Laurens County Office: Probate Judge Estate Papers, Box 128, Pkg 12


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