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Cage 0 Supplo'iiont lo Tito Bfuuiwlrk Booc< Hickory Hi BY TF.KHY POPE One of the oldest houses In I-olit Mac Simmons. 81, who lives in tlie Colonial-style plantation home known as Hickory Hall. overlooking the (.ulaba.sh Itivcr, tla? two-story wooden-framed home built In 1709, and completed in 1812, was once the center of a magnificent plantation stretching from Ixuigwood, past Sunset Beach and acrws the South Carolina line. There is history stored In the antique home, along with many legends, both mysterious and tragic. The stories vary; It depends on whom you ask. Ms. Simmons, who was born in the home in 1904, is not even sure of its history. She shares the six-bodrooin structure and its ninny acres of fnrnt Wind today with several hounds and house cats. A., occasional tourist will stop by, along with reporters, historians and auUiors nil Interested in its past, but the home Is still Just a private hcnic for now. "Private Drive. No Trespassing." u sign posted in llie driveway reads. One can view the home from a distance directly behind the Simmons Calabash Seafood Restaurant on N.C. 179. "It's been tn tlie family for a number of years," Ms. Simmons said. "It became my father's house (Sam Thomas), but he never would talk much a Unit It." Ms. Sinimoas gave birth to seven children at the home, including Robert Simmons, a member of the Calabash town council who recently recalled growing up In tlie home For those who are superstitious, one can also hear strange sounds coming from the home as well, Simmons said. "It was SO big, there were always plenty of rooms to play in," Simmons said "You can hear all kinds of strange sounds at night Refore mama carpeted the stairs, especial!) right at the top, you would think someone would be walkuig on them at night but I've never seen any ghosts up there." The uniune feature a* the K.vie ? that It was but It over a huge hickory Why the only place you i LEVOLOR MICRO Bl is here. Total satisfaction. Ash your Mwidi wtwif witdum we've decorated. Wo feature one of the area's larg Ml selection of fine Mkro btndv Top QuaKy Mia levator. America* favorite brand. In every color and fashionable hue imapnabtr As your Levator* Mkro bind dr air r, we look forward to Mptog you select your nest bind. SAVE 35% CktAM liU > OtiW v\^r> -?> **> ? RUBY *n 4c?i an. April Moy I9H5 II Remains /i'^p JhA AS IT STANDS TODAY. Hickory Ha much history und many legeuds sinn stump that later became used as a table for many decades, which Is how the home not the name Hickory Hall. Other portions of the floor were lined with long leaf plankings from ten to 12 Inches tn width, timber imported from England by its original owner, Samuel Krink. "They claim the tnen used to sit around the stump und play cards, ami pirates would come up and Join how much of thai b true " Many of the rooms have been remodeled since they were originally built, Simmons said Carpel has been added over the top of the original floors while the original wood paneling in some rooms still remains, pieced together with wooden pegs rather than nails Four chimneys surround the home to provide each room acifss to a fireplace need to shop tor LINDS . S??! ^ I yd. J :Vw- s r -v'^ u P 1 V -,VT . / > -'V V ' > " t I* R.OYO **"' " Part Of Cal 11 at Calabash is thr private home of I r its construction in 1799. A IaI nf iKo aIH limihor KrAaiirht over from Fngland Is as solid as tron," Simmons said, "but most of the lumber put in since then has been replaced two or three times. There's enough brick under the house, just from the foundation, to build a goodsized home today " The stories surrounding the home are mysterious ami tragic The first Samuel Frink to inhabit the home was a prosperous landowner, the grandson of Nicholas Frink who moved to the area from Connecticut in 1734 after receiving a grant of bOO acres. When Nicholas died. Samuel obtained 1,210 acres of land, including the portion where Hickory Hall was later built. l-egend has it that Samuel became depressed over the Civil War and the lass af his slaves and shot himself in March IKS His son. Dr lorenzo Frink. picked up the pistol and cast it in the Calabash River, later. Dr. Frink's wife is believed to have fallen to her death down the steps of Hickory Hall OCEAN 1SI // jnumtnc ^v*ra S1ALIV. Jl QTTIM; MM S7>M*4U . < ttn%i*ulrr /Vfmi Hmtlkrm t*rndurt? M1 I 1ST* HiNhin nn?ri ' 7 ' ' labash's Ric tIAIl rMOlOtT MM' K)?i l-ola Mar Simmon-, and also houses legend also has it that Dr. Frink. who owned 39 slaves, performed experimental surgery on them in the attic of the home. He is said to have tied the slaves with iron shackles to the ceiling brains in the torturous heat. They claim he was deported from SUBDIVISIONS V INI YARD LANDING Sorroundod by loch wood Folly ond Royal OoW R ntfi ovortuod loN on Of rtoor woter iom? wi'h 9'op?. m?i locolyd oil Hxy |7 nooe Supply Owno? finoncin^ 10*. down bolonco 5 yoon oi "0*. v.mpi# m??fo*l Pr>c?d I'txn &4 SOO Qu All HAVIN Only minulti lo booch iotg* Ion SS-150 F.nonc ing 10*, down boksnc* S yeo<? o? 10*? /-,~\d Bob ^^Camobell Realty B i-x v. -i. ^ IVYTMi - ; S ?<A^- SO**' - .AftOilSA ; 846 J .E SQUARE ; __ - rr'f irshflitnj R MKN \M> mtlMKN %NM KMCiH HE CAl SElli) ? 1 h History England for experimenting with surgery over there." Simmons said "He did practice medicine at th< nnuse. a ioi oi his medicine 'ooiUes ran are still there The scales that he usea is sun uiere " Simmons said there are holes m Uie I ceiling heains where the shackles ^9 were once tied. The heat in the attic is "suffocating in the summer." he added. When I)r. Krink died in Southport. his son, Samuel, sold the home to Sam Thomas. Simmons' grandfather. in 1875. Despite the many years, the home remains in good shape today. Simmons said, and only needs a fresh coat of paint on the outside. 11 mm i wr\MT CH / ^ WILLI OmS~ REALTY f. 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