I am a retired Professor of Economics (University of Georgia) interested in historic preservation. This property is an example. We bought the house from descendants of the Booth family. Old Mr. Booth built it as a hunting lodge in 1952. Not sure of the property line, he built the house on an adjacent lot owned by Colin McLaurin. When Colin and his sons came camping for their annual duck and geese hunt they found the Booth house on their property. (Hunting and fishing were the main attractions of the beach at that time.) Being "Southern Gentlemen" they exchanged title to the properties and remained friends. The McLaurin House (214 24th Ave) was built ten years later on what was originally the Booth property and remains a vacation home for his descendants.
Beach property is vulnerable to hurricanes and October 1954 Hurricane Hazel (Cat 4) hit Cherry Grove directly and destroyed houses on the beach-front. Most a block off the beach were also destroyed but the sturdy Booth house was simply raised off its foundation and floated a quarter mile inland. Undismayed, Mr. Booth floated back and to a new foundation. The house is not quite square to property lines so surveying was apparently not a requirement
We acquired the property in very run down condition in 2013. Few changes had been made since it had been built. For example, it had vines growing on asbestos siding, no insulation (in walls nor ceiling), original electric & pluming, half of a large deck and original windows - dangerous to use, one window air conditioner, and so on. However, the interior of the UPPER was in pretty good shape as well as half of the LOWER level. Old Mr. Booth had been a telephone installer and apparently suffered a obsessive-compulsive disorder late in life. He had installed at least 2,000 feet of electric and telephone wiring in the unfinished LOWER level. SEE PICTURES for what we have done.