Show FAMOUS HOME woodlawn WOODi AWN MANSION PART OF I 1 I 1 ll 11 TONS NOW MAIMS CHANGES HANDS A gift from tile the first president to ills adopted daughter playwright paul rester kester disposes of manor to Prince princeton tun woman another change of owners has COM cocoa to woodlawn mansion that fistori property having been bought by misi mis elizabeth II DI sharp of princeton N J from paul kester who when knighthood was in F lower flower and other plays woodlawn mansion was the home i i lawrence lewis son bon of betty wash 5 ahal I 1 I 1 0 K 14 0 woo I 1 1 1 xi h 1 WOODLAWN MANSION ington and fielding lewis of 0 fred cricks ericksburg burg and nephew of tho the great georgo cargo washington tho the wife of law trance bowls was nellie custis granddaughter of mrs martha washington anti and tho the adopted daughter of georgo george washington tho the mar marriage riago of nellio nellie custis and young lewis was tile the social event of the year 1799 1790 tho the marriage took place in ilia mansion house at mount verenon vernon on tile the birthday of washington and in the year of his death washington gave to the couple a tract of forest land covering a range of hills on the mount vernon property two miles southwest of the mansion house lewis personally saw that a part of tho ilia woods were cleared away and in the clearing lie he had erected tho the great house which he called woodlawn wood lawn the place passed to lorenzo lewis at tho ilia death of his mother nellie custis lewis lewie and by him was soli eold in 1818 to two quakers from new jersey chalkley gillingham and jacob M troth the sons of these men live near tho the estate today to day jacob INT troth tho the younger living on an adjoining farm and on land that was a part of the ilia original woodlawn the house passed through many hands and jn va 11 1 tou lajb sw who now sells it to miss sharp |