The Center was founded in 1930 by Anna Sinton Taft in memory of her husband, Charles Phelps Taft.
Charles Phelps Taft (1843–1929), U.S. Congressman from Ohio and brother of President William Howard Taft
He was a Charles Phelps Taft Fellow and studied Mexican literature and culture while living in Mexico, and a Tennessee Williams Scholar and Walter Dakin Fellow at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.
The ranch was built and owned by the half-brother of President William Howard Taft, Charles Phelps Taft.
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