U. S. Senator and Mrs. John Sparkman purchased the home in 1962, and their grandson, Taze Shepard, and his wife Pam and children now live there.
The dining room features an antique gilded wood dragon valance purchased by Mrs. Shepard through a broker from a museum in Kansas City and a hand-cut crystal chandelier purchased in Austria. The kitchen is located where a two-story sleeping porch once stood. The kitchen floor is made of handmade bricks from the original foundation of the home, and the central island was constructed from original heart of pine rafters removed during renovations.
The old, smooth stone at the doorway to the porch, and a larger stone at the bottom of the porch stairs, are at least as old as the house. They were rescued from urban renewal from the west side of the Courthouse Square. The guesthouse, built in 1972 to replace older servants' quarters, is based on the design of the Lightfoot Kitchen in Williamsburg.
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