Due to its solid construction, the house remained without any major damage, only permanently losing its front porch and needing shingles and several windows replaced. For additional information: Rice, Will. Bass, the Finest in Arkansas. Travis A. Ratermann Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Honor or memorial gifts are an everlasting way to pay tribute to someone who has touched your life.
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Creating an account gives you access to all these features. Go Back. Get Involved. Nominate an Entry Review Entries. Robert and his wife Salina named the house The Cedars. They refurbished the interior and added a boxwood garden to the rear of the mansion. In they sold the home to Nathanial S. Turner was an affluent cotton broker who owned Covington Mills. The home eventually acquired a new name, Whitehall. He added the third floor with the dormer windows, an expanded colonnade, and a second-floor.
The home has been renovated and care has been given to preserve this remarkable piece of our history. In "Vampire Diaries" lore, Vervaine is a vampire repellent, which can burn or weaken them, similar to holy water.
In real life folklore, Vevaine has been associated with divine forces since ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. Twelve Oaks is said to be haunted by a woman and her young son. The woman's son died on the property, and the two haunt the halls to this day. This first-floor suite has been nicknamed the Frankly Scarlett after "Gone with the Wind" obviously. It features an antique grand canopy bed, a columned fireplace and views of the massive porch columns outside.
Naturally, this room is named after the "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn " line from the movie. Before the movie was released in , the Motion Picture Production Code ratified rules to allow the use of "damn" or "hell" in a movie under certain circumstances, and as long as those nefarious words weren't used to offend good taste. Producers were a bit worried about the line leading up to the release, though.
Various alternatives to the famous line include "I don't give a hoot! The bathroom features Carrera marble tile and a huge walk-in shower with three rain heads, crystal sconces and a hand spray instead of a tub. The third floor has its own small seating area and a kitchen equipped with a fridge, sink and microwave, just in case you don't want to go all the way downstairs for a snack.
This third-floor suite features a bead board ceiling, French dormer windows and a canopy bed with French silk draping. Netflix's "Sweet Magnolias" also features the house.
In it, Twelve Oaks is an old mansion being renovated into a women's health center. The bead board ceiling is original to the house, and the fireplace is controlled via a remote. It's good for those chilly Georgia winters, although most of the time you'll be cranking the air conditioning. The bathroom includes both chromotherapy and aromatherapy features, so you can soak and rest for a day out in the Hollywood of the South.
This third-floor suite, named Suite Home Alabama, features an antique king-sized bed from France that can be split into two twin beds. A small study nook overlooks the front yard and gives a great view of the oak-lined yards. The room faces the front of the house, with a desk placed in front of a dormer window. You can watch the people come and go, and write letters like Margaret Mitchell. The home eventually acquired a new name, Whitehall.
He added the third floor with the dormer windows, an expanded colonnade, and a second-floor. We definitely are seeing the story through a different lens now than then. Read my original post about the sets to learn about how the movie was a segregated set and they tried to bar Hattie McDaniel from attending the Oscars to accept her Academy Award.
I recently had the chance to watch the classic on the big screen at my local theater. It was amazing to see the sets and costumes the way they were intended, and larger than life. If you ever have the opportunity to view it that way, I highly recommend it. Note: There are Amazon affiliate links in this post that may earn me commission. This was not far from Atlanta. They did create part of a real front porch facade for the close-up scenes at Twelve Oaks, but the windows and vines, etc, were painted on.
The front door led directly into Stage 11 where the interior sets had been built.
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