Genevieve Trimble\'s remarkable story of Afton Villa began with a tragedy.
The irreversible loss of Afton Villa\'s once prist.
A place of enchantment crumbled toward extinction.
Over the next decade, its once-regal serpentine entryway and carefully laid out gardens gradually deteriorated, as vines strangled the rows of azaleas that once welcomed guests.
In 1963, fire ravaged the forty-room Victorian Gothic plantation home on the historic estate, bringing to ashes over 170 years of history.
Genevieve Trimble\'s remarkable story of Afton Villa began with a tragedy