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My daughter treated me to a birthday dinner at this beautiful historic site. What a shame this beautiful old place is gone for good. The only place that compares to it now is Rose Hill Estate in Aiken
The property was built as a hunting lodge in 1903. It was later named Seven Gables by Edison Marshall.
1903: Built as a hunting lodge for the Hampton Terrace Hotel, which burned down Dec. 31, 1916, because of defective wiring.
1908: Named Palmetto Lodge under the ownership of New Yorker John Herbert, whose family used it as a winter home.
1928-43: Author Edison Marshall buys the property and renames it Seven Gables in honor of a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
1977: Bruce and Rose Salter purchase property.
1989: The Salters name the Seven Gables restaurant the Buffalo Room. They later have their license revoked for barring black patrons.
1993: The Salters sell their business to Tra-Kim Inc., owned by sons Randy and James Salter.
1996: Buffalo Room reopens under sons' ownership. Randy is the only son to hold a deed on the establishment.
FEB. 11, 1999: Randy Salter is sentenced to 11 years in prison for transporting marijuana between Texas and South Carolina and money laundering. As part of his plea, he forfeited ownership of the property.
2000: Cecil and Herbert Barns buy the property at auction for $400,000 but never reopen it.
2005: Property goes on market again for $655,000.
MARCH 2007: Robin Dunn buys property for $678,000; opens the Palmetto House restaurant in October.
SEPT. 5, 2008: The house is destroyed by fire.
Sources: Augusta Chronicle archives, North Augusta: James U. Jackson's Dream
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My daughter treated me to a birthday dinner at this beautiful historic site. What a shame this beautiful old place is gone for good. The only place that compares to it now is Rose Hill Estate in Aiken
pofwe,do you have a life? You spend yesterday spewing your venon non-stop and then first thing this morning you start anew.You should at least get your facts straight before you attack a 12 yr.old boy who defends his family.Where did you get your information about cocaine use and dealing?I've known randy all my life and he's not perfect but his strengths far outweigh his weaknesses.He dealt in marijuana (a God given HERB)not cocaine.Mason,your dad is a man of honor and integrity so use this ignorant attack on your dad as a lesson about losers judging others.You know your dad and what kind of father he is and don't let POFWE (person of few wise e-mails) get you down.Stand tall son and love your dad as I know he loves you.
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