Show 6 tn sy phoud WALDON 5 raw n ddn 0 tona AN ITH the growing inter est in america in an hiques of almot ev ery description ana and particularly in the ar of other days there Is ground for congratulation that the present era finds in an almost perfect state of preservation the an homes of the family of the father of his country this Is ea es rectally reci ally fortunate by reason of the fact ahat the homes of the pre ere aside from their historical associations ciati clat ons ions among the most interesting and impressive examples of colonial architecture in america these babi lations in the designing of several of thich george washington himself had a hand are located tor for the most part pa rt in the states of virginia and west vir gi ails ila probably the most interesting of the colonial homes of the asi d of course from the mansion at a t molit mol moi it it bernon ernon are those in the shen andr ih valley the whole hole territory ot cht Chrles town W va Is the cen cell ler ter is of espe caal inte est for george NV V a s ashington sh h I 1 ington n agton made t e Z I 1 al sui eys ays of dl ell this lind l nd for lord I 1 fairfax and here bre on a c 0 in in I 1 site eite fac i the W N i 04 glue blue P dge mount tris he bu lt ilare juan ion or his eldest odest I 1 rother aam babiel el not anly di I 1 george NV a a h 1 afton ach acq e great trac a in this A IV kestion of ahat hat was alen vir g nia but he in deuced his broth samuel J john 0 h n a nd n d gap ZY J 44 4 tY TtO of ea charles to settle in the region that had im him 0 o favorably during his survey ing experience three years from 1766 1756 to 1758 inclusive were occupied in the contraction cont colitt ruction of hire wood house not only was historic harewood built by george washington and long used as his summer I torae iome ome but it u as here that james and dolly malison ma allson were married and the stately str repeated ly sheltered marquis de lafayette delafayette and louis philippe Phill ppe afterward king of france unfortunately harewood in later years fell into decay but recently several pro ejects have been inaugurated look ing to its complete restoration and the return of its historic furnish ings As a vivid reminder of the glories of bygone days the best archi memento of our first pres ident ta Is found in another wash ington home Clay mount situated some two miles from harewood this structure is in a perfect state of preservation ard vividly tive in furnishings as ell as ar of colonial days the estate it Clay mount once belonged to george washington and the present mansion erected by bush rod NNa washington hington a son of the gen brals eral s nephew alt although bough not built ISO 1890 was constructed in ac corrance cor dance with plans drawn by georg washington hemelt the descendants of bushrod washing ton oc curled Clay mount for more than half a century but about ten years ears ago the historic estate passed into the possession of frank R stockton the well known novelist who resided there until his death the manor heuse at Clay mount consists consist s of a central building of brick nith two commod commodious lous wings and on each side a separate two etory building connected with the ong argi lar building by a k t ir le v W J MIA it atiq 5 10 sr 10 A T u 4 14 rs 0 iri 44 r 4 e 21 k 71 44 ao V ON 4 MW it X 4 r ma A IN ajr aft n 7 of I 1 N fea UV A A AW I 1 y brick walled courtyard 30 feet square the connected bu wings all constructed largely of yellow brick have haie an agg ate length of feet on the north front only a stone entrance portico relieves outlines that are rather plain and severe but on the south front there Is a broad 90 foot veranda on both the first and second poors some idea of the size of the trio rr r R 10 R 04 ai apartments at Clay mount KI may be gained from the fact that the hall all the walls of which are paneled in oak y Is 40 feet in length by 20 w L SS teet feet in width A novel fea ea 1 13 avas ture ure of the house Is the ar 7 ranger rent of the doors al r lost most all of which are made to slide into apertures in the walls ails instead of being hinged Clay mount also has its mystery known as the cell of the sunken cup board the cell is a dun geon like apartment opening from the basement but sev eral feet belo beloni the level ot of the basement it has no win dow or opening of any kind save sane the one nar row dodrv doorway ay almost the entire space in the cell is taken up by an immense cupboard or sideboard elaborately carved obviously this massive piece of furniture firn iture must have been placed in its position and deliberately imprisoned by the construction of the solid vails nails which surround ind it az P about a doyen miles from clay mount and just over the virginia line stands audley another 0 of the bistor ic homes ot of the the bouse house was built by a member of the washington family but was as later who lewis transferred to lawrence married nelly custis cur als the adopted daughter and favorite of gen wash ington at fredericksburg Frede va famous as the home stands edmore 1 lewis the only washington of betty washington th the a sister of george house was built to gratify the ambi tion of betty washington Washing tol I 1 to have residence in the the most magnificent old dominion and the interior decorations were executed during the rev war by a british soldier a prisoner pr ioner on parole mount N ernon the most interest ing of all the NN washington ashington homes was broth halt half built in 1743 by lawrence and upon washington er of geoage the death of the original owner passed into the possession pos session of 0 f ge george or g e washington another historic histo r lo 10 man m a n the potomac not tar far eion slon located on from mount I 1 ernon and an d which may rightfully be ceased as one of the homes ol 01 the W ashing tons Is arling ton long famous as the home hom e of gen robert E lee of the confederacy and now our greaty gresta t tery the llie nid at arlington which stands today in a perfect state of pr preserve pre serva tion was built in A 1802 by washing ton parke custis whose 0 s e widowed grandmother mar ried george wash ington he adopt ed many of the file architectural ideas of the father of his courtry coultry in n the design 0 of this im posing and distine e istine the tle manor bouse the T h e character the counsels and example 0 of f our 0 u r washington will w I 1 I 1 I 1 guide us through the doubts and dif di that beset us they will guide our children in the paths ot of prosperity and peace while america shall hold her place lu fit the family of nations edward everett |