June 28, 2021

The Charles Hammond House – located at 908 West Martintown Road in North Augusta – is probably the oldest standing house in North Augusta and one of the oldest in South Carolina. (Photo courtesy of James O’Neal) When James O’Neal was growing up, his mother drove him past a house every Sunday on their way to church. She told him he would one day buy that house. Fast forward to June 2018, when O’Neal bought the house – a purchase he considered impossible as a teenager. But this isn’t just