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Lioness actress Jill Wagner left L.A. for Tennessee to reconnect with her Southern roots

Wagner, and her husband opened up their 100-year old Tennessee farmhouse, which they painstakingly restored to its former glory, exclusively to PEOPLE

The Hallmark and Great American Family star says their 'Little House on the Prairie' life on the farm is slow-paced and far from Hollywood glamour

Nine years ago, when Jill Wagner first laid eyes on the neoclassical farmhouse known as Scott Mansion in the tiny Tennessee town of Tellico Plains, “it looked like a scary haunted house,” recalls the actress.

Built in 1912 by a local lumber magnate and philanthropist, the home had been vacant for a decade and had fallen into disrepair. “She was a sad old girl," says Wagner.

But as Wagner

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