Comments by "Jeff Lawrentz" (@jefflawrentz1624) on "This Mansion Was Left To Rot Until.." video.

I’ve been here twice, both before and after Hurricane Hugo. I don’t think Governor Aiken would have thought of this as his plantation home but more of his suburban villa. The 7 houses across the street were all rentals he owned designed so the income would support running of the main home for each day of the week( or so our guide told us). HCF had opened it to the public and it fascinated me to see a lot of the old furniture piled in one of the attic rooms. I recall our guide telling us that Ion Rhett was forbidden to marry his fiancé and they had to wait until his mother died to wed and his widow simply closed up rooms for decades and lived in just a few rooms. You did a great job on this house, Ken. Thank you!
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