Hart-Mills Cottage
The John L. Hart House was built in 1850 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The John L. Hart House, also known as the Hart-Mills Cottage or Hart Cottage, is a small, one-and-one-half-story, frame dwelling located on a
residential street adjacent to our central business district.
According to strong local tradition not contradicted by surviving documentary evidence, the building was constructed ca. 1850 as the home of John Lide Hart, for whom the City of Hartsville is named. There is no question that the house as originally built was antebellum and stood on land owned by Hart. Alterations and additions to the original building in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries changed its appearance without destroying the basic configuration.
In 1981-1982, the building was moved to a neighboring site only fifty-five feet away from its original location, and under the direction of one of the state's most experienced historical architects and the guidance of the State Historic Preservation Office, restored to an earlier appearance, based on the physical evidence of the surviving historic fabric, the available graphic documentation, and knowledge of other nineteenth century houses in the area.
The home was listed on the National Register in 1983.
Location: 108 E Home Ave, Hartsville, SC 29550