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Thomasville, where the north wintered
1885
Lapham-Patterson House, Thomasville, Georgia
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Doctors told northern invalids that pine air cured consumption, and for twenty years this was where wealthy ones came for the winter, grand hotels, then quail plantations bought outright when the railroad pushed further into Florida and took the crowds. A Chicago shoe merchant built a holiday cottage here with no square corners, nineteen exits and gas lighting, having survived one famous fire already.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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