Inside the Historic Cartney-Hunt House Story by Clint Kimberling Photos by Renee Reedy
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hen Marleen Hansen and her husband, Vagn, relocated from Virginia to Columbus in 2001, she only found one house that she really wanted to live in. That house was the Cartney-Hunt House, the oldest brick house in North Mississippi built in 1828. At one point the house was condemned, but due to its historical status, and fortunately for the Hansen’s, it was not torn down. Instead, the Federal-style home was eventually restored by a local attorney, Mr. Hunter Gholson, in 1983 to