Charlton Hall Plantation House, Greek Revival plantation house in Laurens County, United States.
Charlton Hall Plantation House is a two-story, three-bay brick residence near Hickory Tavern in Laurens County, South Carolina, built about 1847 in the Greek Revival style with a low hipped roof. A blacksmith shop/shed, a smokehouse and a frame shed stand on the property.
The house was built around 1847 for George Washington Sullivan Sr., a wealthy landowner in the region. It represents the architectural choices made by the planter class during the period before the Civil War.
The house was the home of George Washington Sullivan Sr., a farmer and public servant in Laurens District before, during and after the Civil War. A visitor can note the Greek Revival three-bay brick front and the separate blacksmith shop, smokehouse and frame shed that served the working plantation.
The property sits in a rural area south of Hickory Tavern near South Carolina Highway 101. Visitors should plan ahead since the location is remote and roads may be less developed than in populated areas.
The 1849 will of Joseph Sullivan left a tract of about 400 acres including Hickory Tavern to his minor son Milton A. Sullivan, with George W. Sullivan as trustee until Milton came of age. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
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