The owner of the Martha Beall Mitchell Museum says he plans to sell it after 40 years, citing fatigue with keeping it up. Bob Abbott, a local businessman who purchased Mitchell’s childhood home in 1976 and turned it into a museum, said he’s soliciting buyers he hopes will continue to operate it as a museum.“I’ve had [the house] all these years, we’ve had thousands of people to go through that thing,” Abbott said. “But you know I’m just wore out.
