The Godbold House is recorded as possibly the oldest house in Marion, South Carolina.

An old Marion Star reports that the attic wall was painted “Built by Thomas Godbold, 1804.”

The home of Thomas and Ann Godbold, the original house was four rooms with a large hall dividing on both levels and an attic.

In 1864, Margaret, the youngest daughter of General Williams Evans, received the house with surrounding lands as a wedding present when she married Major S. A. Dunham, C.S.A.

The house was remodeled in the 1870s when bay windows and an upper story to the piazza were added. There is speculation that the home was renovated again in the 1920s.