The Charles Hammond House, located at 908 Martintown Road,
North Augusta, South Carolina
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, was built on a bluff overlooking the
Savannah River
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between other Hammond plantations, New Richmond and Snow Hill. The Charles Hammond House was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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on October 2, 1973.
History
Dating from the Revolutionary War era, the columned Greek Revival home is thought to be the oldest residence in North Augusta, South Carolina. The home was built for Charles and Elizabeth Steele Hammond, prosperous planters who came to South Carolina from Farnham Parish,
Richmond County, Virginia
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in the 1770s. Martin Hammond, the progenitor of the Hammond family in South Carolina, arrived in Virginia from
London
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prior to 1636.
The Hammonds were
Patriots
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, and Charles and his sons served in the Revolutionary War. Also on the property is a granite monument in the shape of a pyramid which commemorates several of the Hammond family members who were Revolutionary War heroes.
Design
The Charles Hammond House exemplifies a typical architectural trend of nineteenth century South Carolina that turned plain eighteenth century houses into fashionable, columned
Greek Revival
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influenced houses. The house was originally a two-story pine clapboard structure existing from ca. 1775–1780. Also, on the property was a cellar as well as out-buildings including a kitchen and