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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 Dillon County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 28,292, down from 32,062 in 2010. The county seat is Dillon. Founded in 1910 from a portion of Marion County, both Dillo ...
. The main house was built in 1791, later extensively renovated and expanded as an
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house in 1915. It is still a working farm, producing tobacco, corn, grains, and soybeans, and in 1988 was recognized by the
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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 The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2005.


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Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Houses completed in 1915 Houses in Dillon County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Dillon County, South Carolina {{DillonCountySC-NRHP-stub