Imagine sitting on that window seat, admiring the view over the sprawling grounds, that are just waiting to be transformed. Historically, Union Springs was home to the Muscogee Native Americans, who were shamefully removed from their ancestral lands as part of the Federal Government’s Indian Removal Act of 1830.

European colonizers moved in and profited from the area's fertile land, making it a flourishing center of industry – one where Sterling Jr's father, Sterling Price Rainer Sr, thrived as a successful businessman.

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Take a tour of this majestic 120-year-old abandoned American mansion