Huntington Hall Entrance Traditional Cache
Bouts777: This looked as the cache was muggled and I'm not going to replace it in the near future.
It is unfortunate that this place wasn't developed as the plan was.
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This cache is situated at the entrance of Huntington Hall. The property is currently being used as a private school and not open to the public. I therefor decided not to place a cache inside the premises at this time.
Huntington Hall was the home of HT Glynn, and is situated 500m down Glynn Ave. on the right hand side. Glynn commenced building it in 1896. The same year HT and his brother Arthur traveled by ship to England in search of a mistress for the new house. On board HT met Miss Gertrude Gilberson Dales of Crawood Castle - York. Gertrude, at the tender age of 19, married the 40 year old HT and after an extended honeymoon tour through Europe, the couple returned to Sabie and moved into Huntington Hall, named after Gertrude's childhood home. The broad veranda often hosted dinner for the fifty or more guests and the annual Christmas tree was attended by every man, woman and child in Sabie. HT Glynn and his wife financed the building of the St Peters Anglican Church in 1920, designed by Sir Herbert Baker and built of locally quarried stone. The beautifully carved altar, designed by Mrs Batisse, was presented by Gertrude and family in memory of the late HT Glynn. The pews in the church were also designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
Lord Milner was a distinguished guest at Huntington Hall in 1906. He asked Mrs Glynn to advise him on the most urgent requirements for assisting in the development of the area. She immediately replied that 3 bridges were necessary - one over the Crocodile River, one over the Nels River and one over the Sabie River. In that order they where built. The Milner Bridge is now a footbridge and can be reached through the Williams Memorial Garden.
President Paul Kruger was also a guest in this home as he and Glyn was planning the boundaries of the then Sabie Game Reserve (now the Kruger National Park).
In the Glynn Cemetery there are more than 18 graves, including that of HT Glynn. An unknown American who drowned in the river was also buried here and Ht advertised in an American journal to trace his family. After a year, a reply was received, thanking Mr Glynn for his burial.
Mrs Glynn was buried in White River cemetery but the word is that her ghost is still wondering around at her old house, Huntington Hall.
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