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has horses.
Considering former owners Rikki and
Frank Campbell -- who had already moved
to a vineyard in France -- had once had
the home on the market for $1.5 million,
the Mrozowskis were pleased with the
way the auction turned out.
The house totals more than 9,500 square
feet, with 6,500 of that being heated/
cooled space plus an approximately 3,000
square feet of basement and garages --
an unusual configuration for a Southern
home.
Its history goes back 162 years to 1857
when Col. William Shannon built the
home. Shannon named the property Pine
Flat. Shannon was killed in the last “legal”
duel in South Carolina, known as the
Cash-Shannon Duel, in 1880.
Afterward, Shannon’s widow sold the
home to the operator of the Haile Gold
Mine, F.W. Eldredge. He lived there with
his wife and then converted it into the
Hobkirk Inn in 1844. It would serve as
such until 1940.
It would go through several private hands
before being purchased by the Campbells
in 1995 for $329,000 from Louis F. Sell.
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