Landmark efforts focus on Brookland and Beaumont homes
Historic Preservation boards in Hendersonville and Flat Rock pursue local landmark designations for two kin architecture summer homes. Brookland anchors a large estate from Flat Rock to Jackson Park area, while Beaumont recalls a Civil War bushwacker shooting and serves as a notable site.
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Hendersonville
Flat Rock
Brookland
Jackson Park
Beaumont
Brookland estate tale spans 177 years in Hendersonville area
Brookland, once a vast 9 1 2 acre Charleston linked estate, stood on a rise now surrounded by subdivisions. Built 1836 by Charles Edmundston, later owned by Edmund Molyneux, Major Theodore Barker and others, the property carried a rich history from model farms to Miss Julia author Ann Ross, and since 1977 the Staton family.
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Lightning
Brookland
Charleston
Charles Edmundston
Theodore G. Barker
Henderson County
Charles Edmondston
Beaumont
Edmund Molyneux
Savannah
Liverpool
Molyneux
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