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Ally and Mike Mrozowskis
celebrating Christmas
at Hobkirk.

The Campbell’s renovations were extensive and included fountain is in the side yard dating back to the 1940s. The
adding sod in the rear yard, a new gravel driveway at the carriage house is a rented one-bedroom apartment with
rear of the home, a new security system, hardworking significant storage space.
decking around the front fountain, a new outside brick
side staircase exiting the sunroom, new wood staircase, a “They deserve all the credit,” the Mrozowskis said of
significant number of structural supports, new plumbing, the Campbells, “for rescuing the grand old antebellum
new wiring and new heater and air units. property.”

In addition, the laundry and mud rooms, kitchen, Ally said she loves to garden, so much of the work she
sunroom and library have all been renovated or and her husband have focused on is tending its gardens,
upgraded. The entire upstairs portion of the home was recovering overgrown woods and flower beds, and
completely gutted to the studs and redone, including restoring the pillars, gates and fencing to appear as they
four bathrooms, and windows replaced with historic did based on some century-old pictures.
replica wood sashing.
Since the Mrozowskis purchased and moved into
A carriage house on the property has had the exterior the home, Hobkirk has been part of the Christmas
repainted and a structural repair of its foundation. Candlelight Tour of Homes, hosted the Camden Fox Hunt
Christmas party, a fundraiser, and -- with Ally joining as
The home features more than 1,000 square feet of covered a member -- a Camden Garden Club meeting. The couple
porch area, seven fully-functional fireplaces, a large has joined Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church,
kitchen with a 60-foot commercial range, commercial where Mike is a member of the Men of the Church.
freezer, ice machine and walk-in refrigerator. There is Together, the Mrozowskis have joined the Camden Fox
also a bar/butler’s pantry with floor-to-ceiling glass wine Hunt and Historic Camden Foundation.
storage with an approximately 1,000-bottle capacity, a
second dishwasher and commercial ice machine. Most recently, the Mrozowskis hosted a small gathering
honoring one of Camden’s favorite sons, Jack Brantley
The 3-acre lot boasts a number of mature trees, and a of Aberdeen Catery, on the occasion of his 85th birthday.
concrete circular driveway around the fountain; another

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