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| History of the Inn |
The Cotton Patch Inn was built in the 1920s and originally consisted of three rooms. Since the early thirties, the house and surrounding farm have been owned by three generations of Stephens: Minnie and John Quincey Stephens, Dorothy and Roy Stephens and martha W. Stephens Staples. The farm was purchased by Quincey during the Depression for fifty cents per acre.
| The house was moved to the present site from near the highway when the road was paved. One inch of sand was poured over the floors when the house was moved to prevent soot from becoming ingrained. Minnie Stephens continued to cook on the wood stove while the house was rolled on logs to the present site. | The house was remodeled in the fifties, and the following changes were made: the kitchen/dining room was moved to the back porch, the living room was moved to the front and a parson's room was added for guests. Roy Stephens, son of Quincey, and family moved into the house in 1958 and lived there until 1996. The bath and kitchen were remodeled. |
The name, Cotton Patch inn, was chosen because Roy Stephens was a farmer that never stopped growing cotton even when cotton was not a popular crop during the "polyester years" in the seventies. The house was again remodeled to its present condition by Martha Stephens Staples in 1997.
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