Two weeks ago, the most recent owner put the property and its furnishings up for auction.

"Its most recent owner was an actress, whose husband's oil wells unfortunately dried up."

Not the succession of cack-handed recent owners who saw it as a vehicle for a property scam.

Early owners grew cotton here, while the most recent owners used it as a hunting preserve.

Later in the century it was subdivided into rental units, a conversion reversed by more recent owners.

"None of the more recent owners buy teams as moneymakers," he said.

After a few different attempts, the most recent owners dramatically renovated the house with the intention of creating a bed and breakfast.

The house is in remarkably good shape today due to the loving care and modernization efforts of its recent owners.

The fourth swore that the most recent owner had willed it to them, and produced documents to support their story.

Since, unfortunately the recent owners have changed the exterior paint colors and painted over the original sign.