Hot Reduction on Big Chill House!

Hot Reduction on Big Chill House!

Hot Reduction on Big Chill House!

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Tidalholm Mansion in Beaufort, South Carolina, more commonly known in film land as "The Big Chill" house, or historically, the Edgar Fripp House, might be the most iconic southern mansion since "Gone With the Wind." It is not only the deep south movie setting in a southern fantasy, but with its universal appeal as the perfect Dixie mansion, was the pick of Columbia Pictures as the setting of their 1983 film, "The Big Chill," and also the 1979 Bing Crosby production of "The Great Santini."

Tidalholm was built in the 1800s by plantation owner Edgar Fripp as a summer house where his family could enjoy the cooling breeze off the Beaufort River. During the Civil War, after Beaufort’s residents had fled the Union army without resistance, leaving their homes, slaves, and everything that they couldn't carry behind, the invading Union soldiers turned Tidalholm into a hospital for their wounded. After the war ended, the house was put up for sale by the Union in a tax auction. When the Fripp family returned and were financially unable to bid, a Frenchman who felt sorry for the Fripp family’s bad fortune, purchased the home and gave them the title. He left for France before they could start paying him back.

The 7,381 square foot home consists of a wide central foyer flanked by large living and dining rooms with unusual detailed moldings. It also has a large eat-in kitchen, paneled library, seven bedrooms and eight baths. There is a two-bedroom guest cottage and a private dock providing access to the Intracoastal Waterway and river. Located in the midst of the National Historic Landmark District, fine restaurants, shops, waterfront park and a marina are only a short walk away.

Movie home & Civil War hospital was $4.5 million. Now $3.5 million.

Source: celiadunnsir.com