The Alpheus Victor and Martha Cooper Bethea Farmstead in Dillon County was recently listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The farmstead is locally significant as a highly intact early- to mid-20th century agricultural landscape. Founded in 1911, the farmstead includes a Queen Anne farmhouse, six tenant houses, smokehouse, garage, oil house, commissary, mule barn, hay barn, gin house, cottonseed house, three tobacco barns, pump house, privy ruins, two irrigation ponds, and agricultural fields. Most of the resources date to 1911, with a few additions in the mid-century period as the farmstead evolved to accommodate new technologies and agricultural practices. The Bethea Farmstead was one of the most successful farms in the area, with a historic focus on cotton and tobacco production. The farmhouse is also significant as an excellent local example of Queen Anne style architecture. The Bethea family still owns the property and it continues to be used as a working farm.
