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The Vintage Advantage at Paradise By John Shivers
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ossibilities for the circa 1908 neoclassical home at 220 Paradise Park Drive outside Cornelia in Habersham County are numerous, as numerous as the number of folks who can sleep there. Twenty weary heads can easily find rest in this awesome manor house. The elegant, two-story home with double front galleries overlooks a 50± acre spread of rolling lands and woods, with unforgettable seasonal views at all points of the compass. Massive, majestic hardwood trees cradle this 6,400± square foot piece of housing history that has earned a place on the National Register of Historic Places. A spring-fed pond and creek, established blooming gardens, and an in-ground pool only add to the opportunities for you and your guests. From the moment you approach the home clad in white, hand-sawn clapboard, the main entrance with its windowed surround beckons. Inside the heritage plays out in ways both great and small, and continues to proclaim the home’s authenticity. Classic six-panel interior doors original to that era, over-the-door transoms, many elegant but different crystal chandeliers, striking original millwork, original wavy glass window panes, and period appropriate hardware and accouterments further validate this home’s storied past. Ten fireplaces, all with different beautiful surrounds further the ambience of an early twentieth century upscale dwelling. Factor in nine-foot ceilings in most of the generous size rooms and you can accommodate as many as sixty
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