I remember the huge mansion off Wake Forest Road just before you get to the Beltline. It used to fascinate me when we first moved to Raleigh in the 70s. Of course, this spot held other significance for Wake County and North Carolina, but I will get to that later...
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"On the estate to the other side, the matriarch was even older, and of even a higher level of artistocracy, and she lived in a house so big it had its own name — Hardimont. Margie Biggs was the widow of James Crawford Biggs, who, in addition to serving as dean of UNC’s law school and being founder of the state’s bar association, served as solicitor general under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Inside the country manor home, when her husband was still alive, they entertained the likes of FDR, Adlai Stevenson and William Jennings Bryan, and held large and lavish parties, it is said, that featured silver service for up to 500 people."
Legeros blog post about Hardimont Mansion is in this pdf file archive of his blog.
https://www.legeros.com/blog-archives/content/2014-11-12-biggs-hunter-history.pdf
https://www.markturner.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Wake_Forest_Road-North_of_I-440-1965.jpeg
https://www.markturner.net/2015/12/02/the-final-resting-place-of-isaac-hunters-tavern/
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