One of Marion’s most storied homes is entering a new chapter as nationally known gardener and television personality Chris VanCleave begins a full restoration of the Scott-Hanna-Moore House, with plans to make the property his permanent residence once he retires.

The home, located at 102 West Monroe Street, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing structure within the Courthouse Square Historic District. Its history is among the most unusual in Alabama. Built in 1834 at Scott’s Station outside Marion, the house was dismantled in 1904, loaded onto 25 mule drawn wagons and moved into town, where it was enlarged and rebuilt in the Gothic Victorian style that defines it today.

Todd and Cindy talk about the home in this segment of the Black Belt Newscast.

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