Adding the rooms to the
rear of the original five, the Babcocks used the house as a
family dwelling and boarding house until it was converted to
a Bed and Breakfast in 1996.
The Babcock House was the boyhood home of nationally
known author, Dr. Havilah Babcock. Dr. Babcock was for
many years head of the English Department of the University
of South Carolina. His stories appeared in leading outdoor
magazines including Field and Stream, Sports A field, Outdoor
Life, Hunting and Fishing and Outdoors.
Dr. Havilah Babcock books included My Health is Better in November, Tales of Quails ‘n Such,
Jaybirds Go To Hell on Friday, I Don’t Want to Shoot an Elephant, The Best of
Babcock, and The Education of Pretty Boy. |
Dr. Havilah Babcock
photograph courtesy of
University of South Carolina Press
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