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Tidalholm was built in 1856 at 1 Laurens Street by Edgar Fripp, a wealthy landowner, for a summer home to escape the heat an mosquitoes on his St. Helena plantation. The home has been used in major motion pictures The Great Santini in 1978 and The Big Chill in 1983.. It faces the river.

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  • Updated May 1, 2005
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