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Show A HISTORIC NISI HIKTHFLAOE OF MAKTHA WASH-INOrtN WASH-INOrtN STILL STANUINO. Situated Near Wat Point, Va., nad In deed Ut of Repnlr A l'ojv alar Place for Hello Humeri. Weat lolot, a -Cboalnut tlrove tha blrtbpiace of Martha Uandrldg who married flrat Daniel Farke Cut tla and I him Col. tleorge Waahlng tim, la only a abort Journey from Weat Point It la alluatt-d In Nt Kent cotinty, aliout flv. mllea frum the county aeat on the iianka of tic Pamnnkey river The old manaliai la whhh Mr Washington flrat aaw the light, la atnndlng toduy, and by th nail, lumlixr und atyle of con traction, eatrcmc ag ! Htteatad Col It I' t'ook who waa born In New Kent near Chemnnl llrtivn (tbi IMnrirldg komi-atbadi Octoliur lo UI3. and who purchaaed Ihe prop erty and lived on It So yeara, ealii that hla grandmother, who waa Mi. Ann K rhnmherlarne, alater nf (inn William Chamherlayn. and a aehool male of Martha IVandrldg (Mra. Oon WalaihltlBljia I tul.t klax .a... j. . Waahlngl.ini told him that ehe did not know when the houae waa built and bad no acqualntauco with any one who Uii-w The building la a twn-atory frame at run ore the walla reeling mi n brick ham-in.-nt which la live fwt I, low Ihe urfacf of tha gnmnd aad four fevl alxivt' ground, and 18 Inohea thick avi- m the baaa uf the two chimney each of which la five by alx foot, with an arch In the baee-tnont baee-tnont all feel high, four feet whlo and five fuel deep The lumber In th frame la white oak, the door and window ouelum are of poplar and the weather Iwunl Ing la of heart pine The nulla ware originally all hand made, govern yeara ago It vvaa found neceaanry to replace many of the Italia, for tbe aake of safely, a ao many null had In-, n drnwn out and taken away aa Miiivenlr or relic l.y tmirlata. Tin- length of the baaoinenl walla la IS feci, wlllh Jl feet, and many aiimpluou hanqueta havo been Mirvcd therein, Tho rooms on the Ural floor aro ten foci high, 20 feet wide, and 18 feet long The reception hall la 11 by 10 feet On tho place la a large hurylnn ground containing tbo xravea of tho Dandrldgna and many noted -pli-of tbe long ago A large vault remained re-mained there for lonny year, built of Imported brlok. The brloka wero afterward uaed to hulld a chimney Ob the alio of the vault thouaatida ul walnut tree aprung up and many canoe and other aouvenirs have beau cut aud fashioned nu.1 iriua away, by relic hunter. The plaoe la now owund I y Mra il C Bmllh, uf Newport News and Is occupied by Mr O M Chandler and fatally. Mra. Chandler It, n daughter nf Mra. Bmllb. The houae frtitit north to tho I'ainuiikey river and alau front to the aotilh. Slo lug fnini the houso to tbe river la a terraced garden, filled with many beautiful flower and old time ahruba. among other the cnlvcanthii. wlili it ri..un...k ...w -Hirt-n.iiiiii. wiin it ni-ncalu fragrance Out in the river, In front of the bona la a small Island knuvtn n 'Cock's laland During th civil war gunboats were sunk on either aldu of the laland to blockade Uia oouree lo Richmond The nume Choalnut Orove was rtlveti on account of tbe many flno cheat n lit tree abounding on tho farm. White MurthA Dandrldge was th.i wire of Daniel Parke t'liatla liullnl nt the White Houae th alto of which can 1 aeen from the Southern rill mail, running belvvm.ii vv.-st Point and ltlchmond Tradition says tbat the presidential mansion in Ussilng ton. 1). ( . waa named front the homo of Mra Cuslla, afterward Mr Wash Ington. wife of the first pr.ildeat of tho United Slate |