Refurbishing

and renovations are now complete on the

turn-of-the-century Hollingsworth House.

Fayetteville's

Main Street organization conducted open house in

the historic home during the two days of the

Courthouse Art Show this past weekend.

Cochairmen

Sam Burch and Lisa Hovey-King said that

approximately 200 visitors passed through its

portals.

"We

were so excited," said Hovey-King.

"There were at least six or seven persons

touring the house at any given time. We heard

comments such as `beautiful, wonderful, I had no

idea it was so huge' and the one heard the most

was `a place like this was badly needed.'"

Several

future brides were among those looking over the

facilities, which are now available for rental.

At the present time a call to City Hall, Shelli

Reed at 770-461-6029, will get you the rental

rates and a reservation time. Reed is with Main

Street and sometime in the distant future this

arm of the city of Fayetteville will occupy the

top floor of the Hollingsworth House.

It

is also currently seeking a house manager who

will be handling all calls and reservations in

the future.

The

house was moved one third of a mile two years ago

from a spot next to the Fayetteville First

Baptist Church. The church donated the house to

the city, which paid $70,000 to move it and

approximately $200,000 to restore and refurbish

it.

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