Calatopia Plantation – Winnsboro – Fairfield County
— Calatopia Plantation in 2010 © Tim Lord —
Basic Information
- Location – Eight miles southwest of Winnsboro, Fairfield County
4530 Jackson Creek Road
- Origin of name – Calatopia means "beautiful place" in Latin
- Other names – Bob Lemmon House, Copeland Place
- Current status – Privately owned
— Driveway of Calatopia Plantation © Tim Lord —
Timeline
- Circa 1820 – Earliest known date of existence when Samuel H. Owens built the house (National Register, p. 1).
- 1856 – Owens sold the plantation to the Copeland family.
- 1865 – On February 20th, Sherman's 20th Corps, headquartered at Calatopia on their way to Winnsboro.
- 1870 – John Montgomery Lemmon, a wealthy planter, purchased the house for his son, Robert Young Lemmon (National Register, p. 1).
- 1983 – Timothy and Rennie Lord purchased the property in November. They began to once again call the house Calatopia, the name used in the 1850s.
— Fall at Calatopia Plantation © Tim Lord —
Land
- Number of acres – .7 in 1984 (National Register, p. 1); 12.5 in 2012
- Primary crop – ?
Owners
- Chronological list – Samuel H. Owens (?-1856), Copeland (1856-?), Robert Young Lemmon (1870-?), Timothy and Rennie Lord (1983-present)
Slaves
- Number of slaves – 50 according to the 1860 census
Buildings
- The house is two-story of frame construction (National Register, p. 1).
Web Resources
- National Register of Historic Places
– Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1984
– Photographs, architectural overview
