Ever yone in Fayetteville calls it
Stone Manor. To the Tyson family,
it's a time capsule, a myster y in
plain view.
It has always been an anomaly
among its neighbors, a European
chateau next to show y magnolias
of Southern mansions. But time
has taken its toll. Inside, the
once grand murals are beginning
to fade. Kudzu's slow creep
had long ago covered a lower
back yard garden.
And as of this summer, it
all of ficially belonged to Stone
Manor LLC, namely John and
Kirby Tyson, the author's parents.
It would be up to them to dig
through both dir t and paper work,
unear thing and uncovering what
is surely a small fraction of
the stories – great and small –
surrounding Stone Manor.
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ach time one mystery is unraveled another is revealed. My parents
became the keeper of these secrets the moment they turned the key.
For 90 years, one family owned and lived in the house perched on the
slope of historic Haymount Hill. The manor house and grounds overlook
the downtown skyline of Fayetteville and are within walking distance of
two parks, museums and Highsmith-Rainey Memorial Hospital. Grace
By Jason Tyson
The first in a series.
MAT TERS OF
THE MANOR
