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The Big Chill” House!
Weekly Top Ten Real Estate Hot List Tue: 03-26-2013
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The
romance of the South Carolina lowcountry is well known around the
world. It has come to us through romance novels, history books, film and
song. Even the phrase “the deep South” conjures up mental images of
large white columned mansions flanked by sweeping porches and oak trees.
Tidalholm Mansion in Beaufort, South Carolina, more commonly known in film land as The Big Chill house, or historically, the Edgar Fripp House, might be the most iconic southern mansion since Gone With the Wind. It is not only the deep south movie setting in our southern fantasy, but with its universal appeal as the perfect Dixie mansion, was also the pick of Columbia Pictures as the set of their 1983 film, The Big Chill, and also the 1979 Bing Crosby production of The Great Santini. Tidalholm is the southern mansion with everything we expect. Jutting out into the Beaufort River, it is practically surrounded by water the same way the house itself is surrounded by first and second story verandas where southerners spend so much time. Centuries old live oaks with the required Spanish moss and the brilliant blooms of azaleas frame the entry exactly as they should.
Interestingly, the house has its own romantic past. Built in 1853 by plantation owner Edgar Fripp as a summer house during the Civil War, after Beaufort’s residents had fledwithout resistance, leaving their homes, slaves, and everything that they couldn't carry behind, the invading Union soldiers turned Tidalholm into a hospital for their wounded. After the war ended, the house was put up for sale by the Union in a tax auction. When the Fripp family returned and were financially unable to bid, a Frenchman, having deep empathy for the distressed family, purchased the home and handed the title to them. He left for France before they could start paying him back.
Today the beautifully restored and maintained Tidalholm Mansion is available for purchase. The 7,381 square foot home consists of a grand central foyer flanked by elegant, large living and dining rooms with stunning detailed moldings. It also has a large eat-in kitchen, panelled library, 7 bedrooms and 8 baths. Located in the midst of the National Historic Landmark District, fine restaurants, shops, waterfront park and a marina are only a short walk away. One can immerse themselves in lowcountry charm strolling among shrimp boats, crab pots, feasting on oysters and studying the Gullah and Geechee cultures.
Movie home & Civil War hospital for sale $4.5 million.
The
romance of the South Carolina lowcountry is well known around the
world. It has come to us through romance novels, history books, film and
song. Even the phrase “the deep South” conjures up mental images of
large white columned mansions flanked by sweeping porches and oak trees.Tidalholm Mansion in Beaufort, South Carolina, more commonly known in film land as The Big Chill house, or historically, the Edgar Fripp House, might be the most iconic southern mansion since Gone With the Wind. It is not only the deep south movie setting in our southern fantasy, but with its universal appeal as the perfect Dixie mansion, was also the pick of Columbia Pictures as the set of their 1983 film, The Big Chill, and also the 1979 Bing Crosby production of The Great Santini. Tidalholm is the southern mansion with everything we expect. Jutting out into the Beaufort River, it is practically surrounded by water the same way the house itself is surrounded by first and second story verandas where southerners spend so much time. Centuries old live oaks with the required Spanish moss and the brilliant blooms of azaleas frame the entry exactly as they should.
Interestingly, the house has its own romantic past. Built in 1853 by plantation owner Edgar Fripp as a summer house during the Civil War, after Beaufort’s residents had fledwithout resistance, leaving their homes, slaves, and everything that they couldn't carry behind, the invading Union soldiers turned Tidalholm into a hospital for their wounded. After the war ended, the house was put up for sale by the Union in a tax auction. When the Fripp family returned and were financially unable to bid, a Frenchman, having deep empathy for the distressed family, purchased the home and handed the title to them. He left for France before they could start paying him back.
Today the beautifully restored and maintained Tidalholm Mansion is available for purchase. The 7,381 square foot home consists of a grand central foyer flanked by elegant, large living and dining rooms with stunning detailed moldings. It also has a large eat-in kitchen, panelled library, 7 bedrooms and 8 baths. Located in the midst of the National Historic Landmark District, fine restaurants, shops, waterfront park and a marina are only a short walk away. One can immerse themselves in lowcountry charm strolling among shrimp boats, crab pots, feasting on oysters and studying the Gullah and Geechee cultures.
Movie home & Civil War hospital for sale $4.5 million.
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