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PHOTO COURTESY REBECCA BAUER
Miss Kip Orr’s sweet soft spirit is captured perfectly by photographer Rebecca Bauer during a visit with Col. Littleton.
Preservation is PRICELESS GIFT
With the preservation of the Adams Inn and
Tavern, Miss Kip Orr, age 96, gets to see new life
breathed into her mother’s birthplace. She said
she never thought it was possible. For her, the
house is historic because of its age, because it
was her grandparents’ first home and her mother’s childhood home. Miss Orr’s family helped
settle Belfast. She’s been a gift to Belfast, so it’s
fitting that she is being given such a gift now, the
gift of life to this piece of her story.
Belfast played a critical role in commerce and
development for the state of Tennessee, so it is
also fitting that the town is being given this gift
of life for a piece of the town’s story. The tavern
may be in Lynnville, out of sight, but now it is out
of harm’s way. We get to watch the tavern’s journey to health through Col. Littleton’s blog. Isn’t
technology grand?
We’re grateful the colonel fell in love with the
tavern’s story because Belfast’s history can’t disappea ȁ