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Deodara Estate Ties to Stewart and Aiken Center History
Stewart built the 6000 foot structure on the land and owned it until 1871. By 1901 the house was named Deodara after abundant Cedrus deodara trees. During World War II it served as the Aiken Recreation Center for servicemen, led by Dorothy Knox Goodyear Rogers. Celebrities visited, including Stewart, who flew in World War II. Stewart rose to briga dier general in 1959 and retired in 1968. In 1949 he married Gloria Hatrick McLean, linking to Evalyn Walsh McLean, late owner of the Hope Diamond and former Washington Post owner Ned McLean. Stewart died in 1997 at 89.
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David Tavernier
Deodara
Aiken Recreation Center
USO
United Service Organizations
Dorothy Knox Goodyear Rogers
Winter Colony
Rye Patch
Stewart
Areay Air Corps
Air Force Reserve
National Museum of the United States Air Force
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Gloria Hatrick McLean
Aiken
McLean
Edward Beale McLean J
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Edward Beale "Ned McLean
Washington Post
California