Great Oaks is an antebellum mansion built by Hamilton Bryan as a home for his mother in 1860 on the 5200 acre plantation established by his father, Elijah Bryan. Both men are buried in the Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery. Their descendants sold the house to the Claude Reese family, who restored it between 1961 and 1965. Except for the cherry stair rail, the house is built entirely of heart yellow pine. It was painted when originally built but was not repainted until the restoration. It has been used twice as a public school. The original smoke house still stands, and the foundations of the kitchen chimney and slave house chimneys still exist. Great Oaks stands as a tribute to its builder.