Personally I think that they should put it for sale instead of letting it fall apart.I would love nothing more than to restore these old beauties! I always try to imagine what the families were like that used to live in these old plantations and houses..Like you said, If these walls could only talk, what stories they would tell!
I agree much rather see them being used than falling apart, so much history has been lost and forgotten. alot like there old homes that have been forgotten.