Selkirk Farm, also known as the Reverend James A. Cousar House, is a historic home located near Bingham,

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 ...

. It was built in 1858, with additions made between 1880 and 1910, and is a one-story, clapboard

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style cottage of heart pine. The front façade features a pedimented porch with four square columns. The house rests on brick foundation pillars. The property also includes an antebellum

cotton gin A cotton gin—meaning "cotton engine"—is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.. Reprinted by McGraw-Hill, New York and London, 1926 (); a ...

and a well. 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 1974.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Greek Revival houses in South Carolina Houses completed in 1858 Houses in Dillon County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Dillon County, South Carolina {{DillonCountySC-NRHP-stub