But by the time of the depression of the thirties, many farmers and landowners were unable to make a living from the land and pay their taxes. To help the people in this area, the U.S. government through the Resettlement Administration bought three hundred farms. In the early 1950s, thousands of acres of this land was given to Clemson College. Then began the continuing job of saving and restoring this fine old house that had suffered the ravages of neglect and vandalism. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
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