The house was placed in the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's Revolving Fund, a programme designed to help save endangered historic buildings by finding buyers to renovate them.

It seemed that there was light finally at the end of the tunnel for this forlorn landmark when the house was purchased by passionate restorationists Laine and Kevin Berry in April 2020. The couple has more than 20 years of experience renovating old homes and they count this Victorian fixer-upper in Arkansas among their success stories. They planned to rehabilitate the Little House and transform it into a bed and breakfast.

Lost forever: tour this historic time-warp home in Georgia before disaster struck