Watts-Todd-Dunklin House
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(Front) The Watts-Todd-Dunklin House, built about 1818, is an excellent example of a Federalera upcountry farmhouse. According to family tradition, it was built for Washington Williams (1777-1829), who gave it to his daughter Nancy (1799-1845) when she married James Watts, Jr. (1795-1833). In 1845 Nancy Watts sold the house and 30 acres to Samuel R. Todd (1809-1891).
It remained in the Todd family until 1938. (Reverse) The Todd family owned this house from 1845 to 1938. It then passed through a succession of owners until 1950, when James Gray Dunklin (1911-1973), an antiques collector and historic preservationist, acquired it. Dunklin, who restored the house, donated it to the Laurens County Landmarks Foundation as a house museum upon his death in 1973.
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Erected by the Laurens County Landmarks Foundation, 2001
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