$2,700,000

Gamble Springs Some properties are inherited from a generation. Gamble Springs was inherited from a century. Built in 1836 - two years before Chattooga County itself was carved out of Floyd and Walker - the home stands on land where Cherokee families farmed Raccoon Creek bottom and where Sherman, ten minutes up the road, telegraphed Lincoln his plan for the March to the Sea. The bricks were made here. The stones were laid here. The springs that still flow today are the same springs that built it. One hundred and ninety years later, the springs still run. The bottomland still holds deer. The pastures still pay. And the home - restored to the studs, with original mantels, wood-paneled walls, and brick - is ready for its next steward. Mornings on Gamble Springs start with the sound of water - the spring that fed Cherokee families two hundred years ago still pulls down through the hardwood bottom before first light. The deer move out of the creek edge into the pastures. The magnolias hold the drive in shadow. By the time the coffee is poured on the screened porch, you have already remembered why people don't sell places like this. Water is the wealth. Multiple constantly flowing natural springs feed the property year-round, anchored by a main spring framed in professionally laid stonework that feels less like an improvement and more like the heart of the place. Water flows down through the hardwood bottom along Raccoon Creek - a stream named for an old Cherokee town two miles south, near present-day Berryton. In the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, springs of this volume and consistency are not a feature. They are the asset. They cannot be drilled, replaced, or replicated. The 123 acres are composed for both work and pleasure. Five established hunting blinds sit across a property where edge habitat, hardwood bottom, and constant water have built consistent wildlife activity over decades. Three fenced pastures generate grazing or income. A reinforced bridge crosses the creek. Multiple homesites give the next owner room to grow into the property without ever leaving it. Behind a gated entrance lined with magnolias and anchored by brick columns stands the 3,840 square foot home. The bricks were made on the property - fired from on-site clay, almost certainly with water drawn from the same springs that still run today. Original stone fireplaces remain in several rooms. Original wood-paneled walls from 1836 still cover the second-floor interiors. The chimneys were rebuilt with the original brick. A 2023 restoration brought the home fully current without compromising its historic character: new aluminum-clad Jeld-Wen windows and wood doors, new roof, two new HVAC systems with whole-house dehumidification, encapsulated crawlspace, foam insulation, new floor system with steel support columns, new hardwood floors, updated kitchen and laundry, reconstructed Tennessee fieldstone front porch and fieldstone additions in the living and laundry rooms, automated blinds, and new lighting, trim, and paint throughout. Infrastructure was rebuilt to match: new septic with dual drainage fields, water filtration with softener and UV purification, a 26 kW Generac whole-house generator, high-speed fiber to both house and shop, full camera and security system with automated gate access, upgraded power to the shop, an outdoor grill and kitchen with gas service, gas fireplaces with remote-operated logs, and new landscaping with horse rail fencing from the entrance to the residence.