John Hayes Farmstead
John Hayes Farmstead, also known as Cotton Press Farm and John Hayes House, is a historic home and farm located near Latta, Dillon County, South Carolina. The main house was built in 1791, later extensively renovated and expanded as an American Craftsman / Bungalow house in 1915. It is still a working farm, producing tobacco, corn, grains, and soybeans, and in 1988 was recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a Bicentennial Farm. Also on the property are a sweet potato curing house, three barns, smokehouse, wash house, and pump house.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ W. Daniel Shelley and Deborah D. Shelley (April 2005). "John Hayes Farmstead" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ^ "John Hays Farmstead, Dillon County (1251 S.C. Hwy. 38 West, Latta vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 24, 2012.