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Show Thunder Castle to be Razed. 1 Once Sheltered the "Three Graces," America's Most Beautiful Women. Baltimore, Md. Thunder castle, tho homo of tho Catons, tho notablo old buildings from which Catonsvlllo derives de-rives Its name, has been purchased by Thunder Castle at Catonsvlllo, Md. former Senator John Hubnor nnd will bo torn down to muko way, It Is said, for a moro modem cottngo. Tho building Is In the western part of Catonsvlllo. It was tho property of a relative ot Gen. Wlnflold Scott, and many porsons havo believed It belonged be-longed to Gen. Scott. Tho old general used to spend considerable tlmo at Castlo Thunder. Tho old house, tradition says, wns nt ono time the leading hostelry ot Catonsvlllo. Thoro tho stages used to lcavo many n weary travoler westward, west-ward, who desired a night ot rest beforo be-foro continuing on. Tho property originally belonged to Charles Carroll ot Corrollton, llrst signer of tho Declaration ot Independence, Independ-ence, nnd camo Into tho possession of Richard Catou through tho marriage of Mr, Carroll's 10-year-nld daughtor, Mary Carroll. Beneath tho roofs of Thunder castlo havo been sheltered three ot tho most beautiful women of America. They woro the threo oldest ot Richard Caton's four daughters, who married abroad and woro known is "Tho American Graces." Beforo tho civil war n prlvato school wns conducted nt Thundor castlo by Mrs. Carrlo Coalo and her daughter. Blnco tho war It has beon occupied as a prlvato dwelling. j Tho building Is constructed of Btono. Sovoral years ugo a largo frame wing was added to the structure Tho old houso is located on what was known In early days of tho vlllago nn tho national pike between Washington Washing-ton nnd St. Louis. It was tho government govern-ment mnll route through Maryland, tho western 1 art of what was then tho stato ot Virginia and tho states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, nnd was tho llrst great Internal Improvement m that tho government of the United v' I States undertook. 'I |