In December 1971 when the plantation house buned it was still owned by Mrs. George Spigener, who with her late husband had restored both hohse and grounds to a state of beauty. The house was empty when it burned, Mrs. Spigener having remained in her Tuscaloosa home for the holidays. The Spigeners had hired my first cousin Stephen May, Jr. to oversee house and ground, and at the time of the fire he and his wife were on a trip to New Orleans. Ther son Billy (Steve III) called them as soo;n as he heard about the disaster and they rushed back to see ruins.
In the spring of that year Steve had asked his brother Albert Y. May, a local photographer, to take pictures of the house and grounds. At some point the slides were given to me, and I had thenm digitized. Here they are for you to see.
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