 | In November of 1945 the property known as the Skinner farm was
subdivided into tracts and sold at auction. |
| M.J Allen & Robertia Allen (Wife) Purchased 5 Tracts of land at this
auction. |
| On November 5, 1946 Daniel Allen & Florence B. Allen purchased the 5
tracts of land from M.J. and Robertia Allen. |
| On Feb 18, 1948, S.H. Stallings purchased the land, we believe with the
intent to build a Cafe. |
| On Oct 19,1949 C.M . Johnson and Maude T. Johnson Took over the Property
From the Stallings (apparent inability to pay mortgage) |
| On May 13, 1950, H.R Benfield Purchased the property with the Cafe
formerly known as the "Green Cat Cafe" with the intent of building a motel on
the property. |
| Sometime in the early 1950's (oldest photo found was dated May 1955), Mr. Benfield opened the 12 room motel as the
"Benfield Motel" and Converted the "Green Cat Cafe" into a
Residence/ office building adding 2 more rooms as motel rooms to what is now
known as the office complex. |
| After the Death of Mr. Benfield, On April 20,1967, Enna Sue Howard and
Purvis D. Howard purchased the Motel and office complex and Renamed the
property "Four Oaks Motel" |
| On November 22, 1971, Joseph Chester Williams and wife Iva Evelyn Williams
Purchased the property from the Howard family. During this time when the
Williams owned the property, a mobile home village was constructed behind the
motel and office building. |
| Sometime in the 1970's, Ruffin Canady purchased the property from the
Williams. During this time the Motel was allowed to become run down and
was closed in the late 70's. |
| In December of 1979, Kenneth and Linda Carr and their children Richard,
Bill, Kathy and Nancy, from New Hampshire visited the property and saw a
potential that made them decide to purchase the property on January 10,
1980. The family began a slow and very painstaking job of remodeling the
motel and cleaning up the mobile home village. Around 1990, the property
took a giant step forward by beginning an advertising campaign to attract
tourist off of I-95 and renamed the motel to "Four Oaks Lodging".
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| On March 3, 2005, Carr Lodging Inc. was formed and purchased the property
form Kenneth and Linda Carr under the management of Richard and Beth Carr with
their children. |
| In the Spring of 2006 a fire destroyed one of the rental properties in the
park forcing the owners to decide the future of the Mobile home Village as the
potential of renting single wide homes had been declining. |
| In the summer of 2007, the Carr's saw a potential for RV business in the
area and began converting part of the Mobile home park to a RV Park and
renamed the park to the "Four Oaks RV Resort" and began using the name "Four
Oaks Lodging & RV Resort". |
| ........ And the history continues...... |
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some Historic photos... If you have any of your own please submit to
fouroakslodging@aol.com
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Picture from March 1960
Courtesy of Nick Harrison, Great Nephew
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May 1955
Courtesy of Nick Harrison, Great Nephew |
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May of 1955
Courtesy of Nick Harrison, Great Nephew |
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Original sign in front of motel
Courtesy of Nick Harrison, Great Nephew |
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September 1961
Courtesy of Nick Harrison, Great Nephew |
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Photo of HR Benfield
Courtesy of Nick Harrison, Great Nephew |
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