Marc R. Matrana - Southern Splendor: Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South

Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South

MARC R. MATRANA,
ROBIN S. LATTIMORE,
AND MICHAEL W. KITCHENS

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Copyright 2018 by University Press of Mississippi
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First printing 2018

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Matrana, Marc R., author. | Lattimore, Robin Spencer, author. | Kitchens, Michael W., author.

Title: Southern splendor : saving architectural treasures of the Old South / Marc R. Matrana, Robin S. Lattimore, and Michael W. Kitchens.

Description: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2017039513 (print) | LCCN 2017041001 (ebook) | ISBN 9781496817648 (epub single) | ISBN 9781496817655 (epub institutional) | ISBN 9781496817662 (pdf single) | ISBN 9781496817679 (pdf institutional) | ISBN 9781496811004 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Architecture, DomesticSouthern States. | Historic buildingsConservation and restorationSouthern States.

Classification: LCC NA7211 (ebook) | LCC NA7211 .M38 2018 (print) | DDC728/.90975dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017039513

British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available

To my beautiful and wonderful wife,
Heather Green Matrana,
for her unwavering love and support

MRM

For my beautiful daughter Charlotte, who inspires
me every day to write stories about the Old South

RSL

To all of those who struggle with cancer,
not only the patients, but also their families
and friends, with sincere hope that this book
may be a pleasant diversion, if only for a while

MWK

Quality books dont just happen. They require a host of individuals willing to contribute something special and necessary to the final product. This book was made possible because of the generosity and support of countless people across the South who have dedicated themselves to documenting and preserving the past for future generations.

Leading the list of individuals who should be recognized are the principal photographers whose work illustrates the words printed on these pages. They are Jacques Levet Jr., Lesley M. Bush, and Danny Bourque.

Other photographers and historical repositories contributing images to this book are Amanda Cantrell, Bruce Schwarz, John M. Hall, Derek Orr, Chad Medford, the Carol M. Highsmith Collection of the Library of Congress, the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Preservation North Carolina, the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation, the Historical Center of York County, South Carolina, and Rory Doyle of Cleveland, Mississippi.

In addition, the authors have also contributed photos. For identification purposes, each photographers last name, or the initials for archival collections, are listed following related captions. A key to the photo credits is below.

BourqueDanny Bourque

BushLesley M. Bush

CAHPTClassic American Homes Preservation Trust

HABSHistoric American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

HighsmithCarol Highsmith Collection (Library of Congress)

KitchensMichael W. Kitchens

LattimoreRobin S. Lattimore

LevetJacques P. Levet

MatranaMarc R. Matrana

In every southern state people have graciously opened the doors to their homes. Their generosity has been matched by the kind and dedicated people of numerous historical societies and organizations, house museums, libraries, and university and state archives. These individuals and groups are listed below, by state, for easy and proper identification.

ALABAMA Robert Gamble; Carole King and Mary Ann Neeley with the Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery; Ninon Parker with the Colbert County Historical Landmarks Foundation, which now operates Belle Mont; Collier Neeley with the Alabama Historical Commission in Montgomery; and Henry P. Howard with the First White House of the Confederacy.

GEORGIA William N. Banks of Bankshaven; J. L. Sibley Jennings; Mary Linneman, Chuck Barber, and Kat Stein at the University of Georgias Hargrett Rare Book and Maps Library; Sam Thomas at the T. R. R. Cobb House in Athens; Jonathon Poston and David Shaver at the Hay House Museum in Macon; and Lynn Speno and David Gomez at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

KENTUCKY David Stuart with the Ward Hall Preservation Foundation.

LOUISIANA Sand and Norman Marmillion of Laura; Jacques P. Levet Jr. for his help with San Francisco; Jim Blanchard and Kevin Kelly from Houmas House; John Cummings III owner of Whitney; Dr. Florent Hardy Jr., archivist of Louisiana and director of the Louisiana State Archives.

MISSISSIPPI Richard Forte Sr., Randy McCafferty, Richard Flowers, and the Combined Boards of Beauvoir for assistance with my research on Beauvoir; and Eustace Winn of Hollywood Plantation in Bolivar County.

NORTH CAROLINA Myrick Howard, Robert Parrot, and Ted Alexander with Preservation North Carolina; Kirk and Louisa Emmons, and Mary Alexander of Creekside Plantation; Amanda S. Cantrell of Green River Plantation; Delphine Jones of Fox Haven Plantation; Turner Sutton, Bobby Williams, and Gregory Tyler of the Historic Hope Plantation; Linda Wall of the Joshua Hall Plantation; the Town of Spindale (Sidney Villa Plantation); the Rutherford County Historical Society; the State Library of North Carolina.

SOUTH CAROLINA Michael Bedenbaugh with the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation; Richard Hampton Jenrette and Margize Howell of the Classic American Homes Preservation Trust (Millford Plantation); Michael Scoggins of the Historical Center of York County (Historic Brattonsville); Wade B. FaireyRoots & Recall; Jackie Reynolds, Tim Drake, and Rebecca Pokorny of the Pendleton Historical Foundation (Wood-burn and Ashtabula Plantations); Brian L. Robeson and Elizabeth Moss with Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site; staff of Drayton Hall; Tommy ODell with the Historic Cokesbury Foundation (Connor-Hodges Mansion); the Anderson County Library; Kim Worth, International Paper Corporation (Kensington Plantation); and Ola Jean Kelly, executive director of the Union County Museum.

TENNESSEE Dr. Michael and Bobbi Kaslow of Rattle and Snap; Jerry Trescott at curator at Belmont; Joanna Stephens, curator with the Battle of Franklin Trust at Carnton; Kelly Harwood at Gallery 202 at