April 27th National Register of Historic Places: The Barratt House Callison, SC-

I had actually driven by this site last week when I headed out to the William Jennings Bryan Dorn grave site, which is just down the road, At Bethel Church Cemetery in Callison.  

The home is still in the Dorn family.  

I wasn't able to get back into the property itself, it is gated, and has a big private sign.  
It is a big home, and has two wings that were added on to the original home. It is quite the Southern Plantation estate, as you can see from this google earth aerial:

Barratt House Plantation – Greenwood County

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Basic Information

• Location – Greenwood County Southeast corner of Callison Highway and Bryan Dorn Road
  
• Origin of name – Named for the home's builder, Dr. John Perkins Barratt.
• Other names – Chinquapin Ridge
• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• 1826 – Dr. John Perkins Barratt married Lavina Brooks Watson who was a young widow. They lived in the plantation house, Chinquapin Ridge, Lavina inherited from her late husband. This house was razed in 1959 
• Circa 1830 – Dr. Barratt constructed a school on the property for the education his children and neighboring children .
• Circa 1853-1856 – Dr. Barratt designed and built a house for his son, John Joseph Gall "Jack" Barratt, on his plantation, Chinquapin Ridge. This house is still standing 
• 1859 – Dr. and Mrs. Barratt died. Their son, Jack, moved his family into his parent's house and offered Barratt House to a neighbor rent-free .
• 1862 – Jack died at the Battle of Sharpsburg. His wife subsequently remarried and moved to Tennessee 
• ? – Barratt House was sold to J.S. Chipley 
• ? – Richard Davis became Barratt House's next owner.
• 1883 – Andrew C. Stockman purchased the property from Davis 
•  – Stockman also acquired Chinquapin Ridge from the Barratt family.
• ? – Stockman sold Barratt House to his brother, James Hampton "Hamp" Stockman .
• 1932 – Thomas E. Dorn purchased Barratt House from the Stockman family.
• 1952 – Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn acquired both Barratt House and Chinquapin Ridge

Land

• Number of acres – 288.5; approximately 35 in 1985
• Primary crop – Probably corn

Owners

• Chronological list – Mr. Watson, Lavina Brooks Watson (?-1859), Dr. John Perkins Barratt (?-1859), John Joseph Gall "Jack" Barratt (1859-1862), J.S. Chipley, Richard Davis (?-1883), Andrew C. Stockman (1883-?), James Hampton "Hamp" Stockman, Thomas E. Dorn (1932-?), William Jennings Bryan Dorn (1952-?)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• The Barratt house is of stuccoed, brick construction in the Gothic revival style. Wings were added onto the house in 1957 and 1969
• Dr. Barratt was a budding artist and painted several murals at both houses and carved elaborate, wood carvings that are still part of Barratt House
• There is a hewn-timber building still on the property. It is believed to be the school building built circa 1803
• Also still standing is a corn crib (a building used to dry and store corn) with an estimated construction date in the 1880s 

Here is the granary and corn crib buildings

Here is the 1803 school building.