This log house was built on the lot of the present Fulford. It was one of only two houses in Sewanee, the other being Rebel's Rest, and the two were similiar. The Quintard family moved in on June 4, 1866. Bishop Quintard was the first Southern Bishop consecrated after the Civil War. He had been elected in 1865 after the death of Bishop Otey and was consecrated at the General Convention in Philadelphia. Bishop Fulford, the Bishop of Montreal, was one of the consecrators, which accounts for the name “Fulford Hall.” Bishop Quintard and his wife were ardent gardeners. Bishop Quintard’s famous box bushes, planted in the 1870s survived until 1936 when they were moved in the month of August, and thereupon died. On Saturday June 8, 1897 a fire completely destroyed the original Fulford House.
Bishop Quintard and his wife were ardent gardeners and the last photograph show how charming the log house appeared. Notice the famous box bushes which apparetnly survived the fire. The front gable of the house had been raised and porch extended across the front."
"It is seldom that anything happens at Sewanee of so much importances as to find a space in the associated press dispatches of the daily newspapers. On Saturday, June 8th, fire was discovered in the rear of Bishop Quintard's house, which ended in the total destruction of the most beautiful residence on the mountain. Shortly after 8 o'clock in the evening, when everyone in gay attire was hastening toward Forensic Hall lest he should be late for the literary exercises which were to be held there, a shower of sparks was seen to rise up amid the trees on the opposite side of the avenue, and it was thought that the Sigmas were celebrating their anniversary by means of Roman candles. However, a cry of fire from a number of samll boys awakened everybody to the real danger, and soon the lawn in front of the Bishop's house was covered with a crowd who had come to witness Sigma Epilson's anniversary. Every one rushed out from Forensic hall (except the Fairmount college students, who were compelled to remain patiently in the hall and look through the cracks of their prison at the blaze), and regardless of attire all poured into the burning house to assist in saving the pictures, books, curiosities, and furniture, which would otherwise have been lost. The force pump was used with considerable effect and this, coupled with the fact that the house was spread over a great deal of ground, delayed the progress of the fire until every article in the rooms was removed..."
Gailor, C. (1970). Old Sewanee Houses; The First Fifty-Years, 1860-1910. Unpublished manuscript, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee.