https://www.bdearmond.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/58e0ded4-152c-4922-acd4-2169e7e56bf2/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IMG_7427.jpg https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/homewood-ya7rh monthly 0.5 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/13f5f00c-f939-436e-a40f-6781e492034a/Octagon+House%2C+Washington+DC+July%2C+16%2C+2022_6197_exterior+%281%29.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out The Octagon: Completed in 1801 for John Tayloe III of Mount Airy, VA, and designed by William Thornton, the original architect of the U.S. Capitol, the Octagon is one of the most significant and transitional buildings to remain standing from the early federal city. architectsfoundation.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a39519a6-ab33-4470-8241-3e3343bfd88c/USCapitol1800.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out US Capitol 1799: The Octagon House, the White House, and the Capital all went up in the new capital city of Washington simultaneously. Congress moved to D.C. in 1800. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2354c9d1-a9c5-452f-a3b0-b8bd9a010b19/Screen+Shot+2022-07-29+at+6.23.23+AM.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out The Octagon Floor Plan: A unique floorplan solution adapted to its triangular-shaped lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/3fc6ecdf-cbf1-4297-81d7-55fa8def6173/Octagon-painting-1813-rotated+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out The Octagon c. 1814: In the early 19th century, Washington, D.C., was called "the city of magnificent distances" and "the city of streets without houses." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/872ac057-6861-443f-87f4-0b35c64a8e90/Octagon+House_IMG_6539+-+Version+5.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out The Octagon Entrance Hall: The curved door at the Entrance Hall of the Octagon House is your first impression entering. The door is made from two pieces of wood curved and locked together. The entrance is a circular room with several large South-facing curved windows—with its gray and white marble floor. President Madison signed the Treaty of Ghent at the end of the War of 1812 in the circular second-floor "Treaty Room" above the Entrance Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/739f4c92-4155-4e0a-87d2-6fb595d723df/IMG_6447+-+Version+5.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out Entrance Hall: Featuring a pair of Imported cast-iron stoves that conveyed wealth and formality, heated the entrance hall of The Octagon. Residential coal for heating was just being introduced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/67b4cb0a-c42f-4670-a0ff-f0870210a682/Octagon+House_IMG_6457.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out Drawing Room: A beautifully carved fireplace - The Tayloe Family referred to the house as "The Octagon." Originally a winter home, the family made it their residence in 1818. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/69938d09-1d32-402f-a3e1-ce14a21f71aa/Octagon+House_IMG_6524.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out Stair Hall: The spiral staircase goes up for three floors in a space shaped like an oval that fits the design of the angled floorplan that accommodates the lot on which the home is built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/90b40ca4-d99c-4660-a538-aa5e0e20845a/Octagon+House_IMG_6515.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out Drawing Room: A painting over the mantel of the Tayloe's while in residence - The family lived here until 1855, when the neighborhood was transitioning and becoming more commercial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4f6ab5eb-33cb-4c91-b50a-edd42e11c2a1/Octagon+House_IMG_6492.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out Treaty Room: The Octagon Treaty Room is where the U.S. signing of the Treaty of Ghent by James Madison occurred, ultimately ending the war between the United States and Britain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1e06ccf9-9c9e-4040-b991-7c2dc0a5efe0/Octagon+House_IMG_6504.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out Tayloe Residence: In 1828, John Tayloe III died at The Octagon. His wife Anne would live another 27 years before dying at the house in 1855. In 1990 AIA restored the home to its original 1817–18 look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7ebf11d9-06f5-4bfd-b106-61fd41cd7e1b/Octagon+House_IMG_6464+%282%29.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out Dining Room: On the main floor is the large dining room. There are two doors into the room – the one nearer the front for the guests and the door in the back for the servants. The door in the back leads to a back staircase that runs from the basement to the upper floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2ef5348e-208c-4f6c-8f70-4fe8640539c5/Octagon+House%2C+Washington+DC+July%2C+16%2C+2022_6552_exterior.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out A problem in designing the house was a plan that would fit the triangular lot cut away on the bias by the diagonal of New York Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5298ecfe-636c-4d1f-8017-38499aeaaffc/Octagon+House%2C+Washington+DC+July%2C+16%2C+2022_6338_exterior.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out Started in 1799 and completed in 1801 - this Federalist-style home was one of the grandest townhouses in the nation at the time.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e8cdbc08-b66f-47ea-8c8b-183b27db5b3f/Octagon+House%2C+Washington+DC+July%2C+16%2C+2022_6608+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out The Octagon is built in brick and trimmed with Aquia Creek sandstone. The large number of windows used was exceptional at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ce9c2df0-8461-4d4d-bf0d-c1dfc380c9d5/the%2Boctagon%2Bouter%2Bwall.jpg Blog - The Octagon - Temporary White House of 1814 - Make it stand out The American Institute of Architects: The American Institute of Architects (AIA) established its national headquarters on-site in 1898 and restored the building as one of the country's earliest preservation projects. In the 1970s, AIA constructed its current office on the site of The Octagon's original outbuildings, opening The Octagon to the public as a museum. Now owned by the Architects Foundation, "The Octagon inspires current and future architects, highlighting important moments and movements in American and architectural history." aia.org https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/william-thornton-z64cz monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/58104702-d776-449b-bfea-f4b268b9274b/Screen+Shot+2022-12-25+at+5.18.48+AM+%281%29.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Capitol Design Competition: William Thornton was an amateur architect honored as the "first architect" because President George Washington accepted his design for the U.S. Capitol in 1793. He received $500 and a building lot in the city of Washington for his proposal. The east front of the Louvre inspired Thornton, and a former royal palace later turned art museum. Secretary of State Jefferson promoted Thornton's design: "simple, noble, beautiful, excellently distributed." For his winning design. There were various attempts to bring the costs down. Ultimately, George Washington stepped in to preserve the original concept. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fd663adb-ba51-4610-86a6-012e4ed37ac6/Page-01+copy+%282%29.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out The Runner-Up: Stephen Hallet was a professionally trained architect who placed second in the U.S. Capitol's design competition. Born in Paris in 1755, Hallet came to America around 1790 and worked for Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the engineer who designed the city of Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fb186006-d12b-4901-8ed3-d9bc12874193/Screen+Shot+2023-01-02+at+2.02.08+AM.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out The U.S. Capitol when first occupied by Congress, 1800: In 1790, Congress established Washington, District of Columbia, a 100-square-mile district along the Potomac River. An act of congress set a deadline of December 1800 for the capital and the White House to be ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4f621415-1c3a-4011-93b5-549a495c20a3/Octagon+House%2C+Washington+DC+July%2C+16%2C+2022_6197_exterior.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Thornton was asked to design a mansion for Colonel John Tayloe. The Tayloe House, also known as The Octagon House, in Washington, D.C., was erected between 1799 and 1800. It served as a temporary "Executive Mansion" after the 1814 burning of the White House by the British. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1cd80d9a-7ece-46f1-8504-bd701d4154c5/Octagon+House%2C+Washington+DC+July%2C+16%2C+2022_6552_exterior.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out John Tayloe considered Philadelphia a place to build a townhouse but was persuaded by George Washington to build it in the new capital city. The plan was to establish a pocket of development to stimulate fill-in growth. Although the lot shape was challenging, the location attracted much attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/938b9a79-9861-413c-8170-3c85f07aa185/Octagon+House_IMG_6539.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out The Octagon House, the White House, and the Capital all went up in the new capital city of Washington simultaneously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a7a4954c-c76f-4503-8598-c9f75955db9e/Screen+Shot+2022-07-29+at+6.23.23+AM+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Thornton’s first problem was to plan a house that would fit the triangular lot, the south side of which was cut away on the bias by the diagonal of New York Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2759d4fe-efd0-4dca-9bcf-8fb90eb65602/Octagon+House_IMG_6457.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out The Octagon was flying a French Flag as a diplomatic residence at the time the British burned the city,, and the home was spared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f2c5f563-ff2a-4f7d-b345-b66a88e49a7b/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3850+%281%29.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Woodlawn West (Carriage) Facade: Built c. 1800-1805, Woodlawn is a 5-part brick house in Georgian/Federal style. The influence coming from Robert Adam is growing in America. His British dominance in architecture and interiors crossed the Atlantic to the new Republic. As a result, the Federal/Adam style translates regionally up and down the East Coast from 1780-1840. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ec20b4e1-43a6-4ad8-b3b1-9b4109b7ad5a/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3856.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Woodlawn East Facade: The east facade of Woodlawn faces Mount Vernon and is the view Washington would have seen if he had lived long enough. At the time, from Woodlawn, you could see to the Potomac River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7afb6f86-2ccb-4513-96ac-ffa2c7a36c45/Page-01+copy+6.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Woodlawn Section Drawing: Documentation compiled after 1933- Measured Drawing(s) Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) emphasizes the high priority of a balanced and symmetrical design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5d53c819-102b-4d52-a812-472c3cb7b01b/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3864+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Central Hall: An elliptical curving staircase is the focal point of the Central Hall and a trademark of architect William Thornton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/445ef529-da82-44b1-90ea-07534788ca09/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3931.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out The Parlor: Trust experts have researched the many layers of paint, discovering the original bluish green of the parlor walls and the dove gray of its woodwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a11f9c05-3069-4ddf-abec-20fbd1747374/IMG_5803+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Formal Dining Room: The mansion was an important social center, visited by Lafayette, Robert E. Lee, President Andrew Jackson, and other prominent guests of the era. The most important rooms face the river side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8b519a5f-d279-4db1-9d8a-087d330282d7/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3942.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Family Parlor: Less formal, the family took their meals and afternoon tea here at Woodlawn. A more delicate approach of design is showing under the influnce of Willaim Thornton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/54685970-4be9-455e-989a-154c1dd0a030/Screen+Shot+2022-11-28+at+12.50.55+PM+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Nelly Parke Custis: Granddaughter of Martha Washington and bride to George Washington's nephew, Lawrence Lewis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e4a10ea8-02fe-41b2-b723-b410854cf9bd/Page-01+copy+3.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Painting: Woodlawn Plantation c. 1820 - Woodlawn's east or river facade that could be seen from Mount Vernon and looked onto the Potomac River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9304319b-5609-4511-abe5-5a9d989fdfd5/Tudor+Place%2C+Georgetown+07-23-22+_6656_exterior.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Tudor Place South Facade: Tudor Place is a Federal-style mansion originally the home of Thomas Peter and his wife, Martha Parke Custis Peter, a granddaughter of Martha Washington. Tudor Place shared the same architect, William Thornton. In Tudor Place (1805-1816,) Thornton expressed Palladio's forms in a distinctly Federal, American style, following a configuration popular in the Chesapeake region during the Federal period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f9c97f41-cd7c-4b10-81f2-3d1a17bad503/Tudor+Place%2C+Georgetown+07-23-22+_6830_exterior+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out The south lawn is laid out in the manner of an 18th century English park. This was home to six generations of Martha Washington's descendants from 1805 to 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9b1a2ad5-a0aa-457d-8c30-be1899dc429d/Tudor+Place%2C+Georgetown+07-23-22+_6750_interiors.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Architect William Thornton's circular portico structure extends into the house, with a curved wall of floor-to-ceiling windows that transition between interior spaces and the garden. It is the only known entire temple portico embedded into a U.S. residence and the only one still standing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/02aa4910-2862-44d3-887a-afb93e1ab603/Page-01.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Tudor Place South Facade: William Thornton two-story central block and low hyphens connecting to higher, two-story wings, followed a form immensely popular in the Chesapeake region during the Federal period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/574e7963-f076-4000-a667-65eafdb6e3a1/IMG_8331+-+Version+2+%281%29.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out On the crest of Georgetown Heights, you could see the Potomac river and smoke from the burning of the Capital by the British in 1814. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/39f7f672-da40-4abb-b9b6-e3dfdfb03be7/Tudor+Place%2C+Georgetown+07-23-22+_6841_interiors.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Tudor Place interiors reflect the centuries it's been lived in by the family's descendants. Next to Mount Vernon, it contains the most extensive collection belonging to George and Martha Washington. Tudor Place was built with the help of Marth Curtis Peter's inheritance from Martha Washinton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/3fc803fd-8abc-4cbd-a829-21536be6fa53/Page-01+copy+4.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Tudor Place Floor Plan: Via the Saloon, the Portico links two public reception room and creates an airy interface between the interior and the South Lawn’s expansive views originally expanding to the Potomac River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/eeb804c0-2011-41b0-bc1c-557d80eb2e95/1-Desktop791.jpg Blog - William Thornton - The U.S. Capitol and Beyond - Make it stand out Top: An avid thoroughbred breeder, In 1802, the Jockey Club sought a new site for its track, which at the time lay at the rear of what is now the site of Decatur House at H Street and Jackson Place. Thornton designed this new track, one mile in circumference, and named it the Washington City Race Course. It sat on land leased from the Holmead family and lasted until the mid-1840s. Above: Belaire Mansion in Maryland was one of the most sophisticated and successful thoroughbred breeding programs at the time. https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/homewood monthly 0.5 2022-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/cbfd1342-aeaa-473d-8078-9fa15cafae90/IMG_9938+-+Version+6.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood was built between 1801 and 1806. The architecture is a prime example of American Federal architecture transitioning in the 1800s with Palladian and Adams influences. A new nation is looking for a strong identity through architecture. Homewood was a country retreat that Carroll used during the summer and autumn, spending the rest of the year in a townhouse in Baltimore City. https://museums.jhu.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/055c44c6-57df-418d-83fe-de0e47c2b527/IMG_0609+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Charles Carroll House of Annapolis: The Annapolis, Maryland family home of three generations - Charles Carroll of Carrollton was the only catholic signer of the Decoration of Independence. Built on the shores of Spa Creek, the waterfront location simplified transportation — this is the side guests would arrive. St. Mary's Parish is now adjoining the Charles Carroll House. https://charlescarrollhouse.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/486cef7c-bd97-49e7-a0dc-12fee9d960eb/Carroll+House+Annapolis_IMG_0602+%281%29.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Charles Carroll House of Annapolis: The Carroll House is a restoration in progress. Started c. 1730, the house is built in sections. The North entrance is now next to the St. Mary's Parish, showing some of the progression of the Carroll family additions. The Carrolls were among the most prominent Catholics in the English colonies and the early United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/274f7c38-b976-4788-9ee8-56e83825e33e/IMG_9969+-+Version+5.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood South Facade: The design of Homewood Estate is five-part Palladian using Federal-style detailing. The temple front four-columned portico is the focus of the principal elevation. The front entry includes a full entablature complete with side lights and tracery fanlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2bfabb58-8c0b-42a1-8119-297f59dcc4f5/IMG_9942.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood North Facade: The garden facade has a flat portico. The house is built of Flemish-bond brick with stone trim and comprises a one-and-a-half-story central block with hyphens connecting to flanking single-story wings resting on a high basement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8541d57e-c989-4e5d-adf3-bedcf9b6dfa3/IMG_0017+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Reception Hall: Following has a wide center reception hall adjoining a back garden entry hall in which the stairway to the upper level is located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8a1a86d7-31ee-4dac-98a4-c8686999423a/IMG_0019+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Reception Hall: Painted floor cloths or richly detailed rugs cover the original southern yellow pine floors. The floor cloths are made of heavy-grade sailcloth and painted with 15 layers of paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a70d050a-e350-44fb-af16-32b470fe0f50/IMG_0022.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Central Hall: The halls are flanked by large rooms and bisected by a perpendicular east-west cross hall that also provides access to the hyphens and wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/716920a4-d9d7-43c6-a53f-bc1b2ad38540/Carroll+Manor+1860+b.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Doughoregan Manor: A plantation house and estate located in what is now Ellicott City, Maryland. Established in the early 18th century as the seat of Maryland's Carroll family, A portion of the estate, including the main house, was designated a National Historic Landmark on November 11, 1971. It remains in the Carroll family and is not open to the public. mht.maryland.gov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2135b37c-44da-46a5-9c67-ffd15e0527e8/Carroll-Mansion--460x340+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out The Baltimore home of Charles Carroll of Carrollton: The Carroll home was built circa 1808 in Federal-era architecture (1780–1820). The ground floor was used for business and family gatherings, the second for formal entertaining, and the third for sleeping. baltimore.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0193c353-49cf-4394-8754-01b754ef4a0e/IMG_0007+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Back Parlor: Filled with late afternoon light, the Back Parlor reflects the family and their various multi-purpose activities. The parlor also acts as a library space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e7406cdb-ecd3-40ba-b4f8-8c9ae664ce53/IMG_0010+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Back Parlor: The location of this room caught the last light of the day and probably made it a popular space for the family, with the late daylight making it popular for games and family activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4984abd2-db9a-4033-a85d-777568116e95/IMG_0001+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Dining Room: Many details of the house were probably drawn from the design book William Pain's "The Practical House Carpenter," the first American edition printed in 1796. Extreme attention to detail and design reflects the importance of entertaining at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/c3107b7e-b756-4628-8902-d9a469454f19/IMG_0088+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Dining Room: Americans were particularly eager to show their taste, understanding of culture, and refined entertaining. The dining room was significant for projecting this refinement and revealing the fine dining tools through their china, crystal, and, most importantly, silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e7c62355-6739-4b65-899c-6dd065b403b7/IMG_0068+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Drawing Room: The drawing room reflects the taste of the early 1800s with a great deal of wood carving reflecting the Robert Adam influences dominating London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/735cd0dd-3fb4-4734-8be7-6a24969f2111/IMG_0063+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Drawing Room: The rugs were made in England, woven in 2-foot-wide strips, and shipped to Baltimore, where they were stitched together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/3220b1ef-8a8a-4488-9b39-078e1988e05c/IMG_0043+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Master Bed Chamber: Located on the east end of the first-floor wing, the Master Bed Chamber captures the morning light. This space would also be used for breakfast, tea, or hot chocolate and hosting quests. The exceptional detail of this room illustrates the importance the Carrolls placed on entertaining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/70f697b0-e1f7-495e-b1f6-5b634d06cdeb/Baltimore_in_1752+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out View of Baltimore Town, 1752 by John Moale (1731-1798) / Baltimore in 1752 is about a two hundred population. The drawing captures the young town just before a boom period marking the beginning of 200 years of uninterrupted population growth that wouldn't end until 1950. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4a8bb61a-277d-484d-8d61-db8a808a0740/Brooklyn_Museum_-_View_of_Baltimore_from_Chapel_Hill_-_Francis_Guy_-_overall+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out View of Baltimore from Chapel Hill - 1800 by William Henry Bartlett (1760–1820) / Baltimore's population in 1790 was thirteen thousand. The population in 1800 jumped to twenty-six thousand. US Capitol Architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe would start Baltimore's Basilica of the Assumption in 1806. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b9a879d2-df79-44cb-8d37-0cb27a82998a/View_of_Baltimore_-_William_H._Bartlett+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out View of Baltimore 1840 - William H. Bartlett / In 1840, Baltimore's population was one hundred-two thousand. Baltimore was shifting to an industrial city with the addition of Iron, manufacturing, and the B&O Railway. Baltimore was now a "city of refuge," where enslaved and free blacks found unusual freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/44bfb8c6-3df4-46fc-bbc1-f0661aa3d554/IMG_0893+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Homewood Estate - Baltimore - Make it stand out Homewood Estate: 1801–1806, Charles Carroll Jr worked with Robert and William Edwards, master carpenters, located 3400 N. Charles St. Baltimore, Maryland. The house was largely complete and ready for occupancy in 1803, although changes and additions continued to be made until 1806. https://museums.jhu.edu https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/riversdale-maryland monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/dc1dc3be-533c-4fee-b2e8-d0d4c0b1faa9/IMG_9407+-+Version+5.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Riversdale was the plantation of the Belgian émigré Rosalie Stier Calvert (1778–1821) and her husband, George Calvert (1768–1838), a planter and direct descendent of the Proprietary Governors of Maryland. As a result, Riversdale is a unique blend of American Federal design and Flemish influence desired by its builder Henri Joseph Stier at the beginning of the 1800s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a58c0983-7310-4f66-bddb-1771b709fe70/Riversdale+Exterior_IMG_9473.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Riverdale was built between 1801 and 1807 by Belgian émigré Henri Joseph Stier, Baron de Stier. Once the terrorist of the French Reign of Terror spread into Brussels, Stier brought his family to Philadelphia and then to Maryland, where the family started their American assimilation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5f90eb95-4f02-43ff-9fdf-83f4739b898e/Riversdale+Exterior_IMG_9456.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Stier wanted to have Riversdale built in a year to accommodate his growing family. In addition, he wanted Benjamine Latrobe, who was a rising architectural star at the time. Unfortunately, Latrobe could not respond as fast as Stier wanted, and the project went to professional architect and general builder William Lovering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4cfd7733-1db6-4f48-943c-7fe62e157297/Page-01+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Riversdale was planned in 1801 by Baron de Stier to resemble his Belgian home, Chateau du Mick. Stier had built the Chateau du Mick in the 1780s in Brasschaat, not far from Antwerp. Its structure inspired the architecture of Riversdale, especially the East-West orientation of entertaining rooms, a style more popular in Europe than in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fc7dafbc-1516-4875-82fb-6e3f4deeffb9/Jan_Brueghel_the_Elder_-_The_Entry_of_the_Animals_into_Noah%27s_Ark_-_Google_Art_Project+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out "Some of the Finest Paintings Ever in America" - Stier Collection / Riversdale. Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1613. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/35a7b980-0d99-4c88-892f-ade3e96d4ecb/IMG_9563+-+Version+5.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Tucker Porcelain Company of Philadelphia opened in 1826. It was one of the first successful porcelain companies in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5946b960-3b75-466c-b058-c61501f4b78d/866d316d-06e9-14dd-ee12-9498310304f3.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Romulus and Remus suckled by the Wolf, c. 1620-1625. North Carolina Museum - Formally Riversdale / Stier Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8bf1a965-f134-4979-b5d0-140a941e5ee7/IMG_9564.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Purchased in 1839 by C.B. Calvert -The original receipt translates to approximately $15,000 in today's prices for the extensive set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/267f2d88-bf6a-4efc-b482-85971cf9cd3d/Page-01+%281%29.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Though men in the early Republic usually owned estates, Riversdale is one of the few that passed from father to daughter. Rosalie received the house and land from her father, Henri Joseph Stier, as part of her inheritance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5f0598cb-1900-4c49-b151-7fcc61d7f098/Screen+Shot+2022-11-18+at+12.10.33+PM+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Riversdale Salon architectural details for the three floor-length arched windows with flanking pilasters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fb326afa-f063-4904-9e2f-1b4e163ac1c4/Screen+Shot+2022-11-18+at+12.11.28+PM+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Riversdale Salon architectural details showcase the elaborate Federal interiors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/56e533be-667a-48bb-af6d-702db3b54c00/Riversdale+Interiors_IMG_9541.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Stier, returning to Belgium, left the bulk of his art collection at Riversdale for safekeeping for sixteen years. This unique collection consisted of over sixty Flemish master paintings by, i.a. Rubens, Van Dyck, Bruegel, Titian, and Rembrandt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9126b016-6cb6-48b6-a0c9-64fb02c48267/Riversdale+Interiors_IMG_9528.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Just before Rosalie and George Calvert sent the Stier art collection back to Belgium in 1816, they staged what may have been the first significant exhibit of European art in America - at Riverdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9b1cbf56-4b58-41ef-ae16-4ef404f41add/IMG_9554+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out The east parlor served as the dining room. The west parlor, with the salon in between, was the principle receiving parlor for guests. A portrait of Henri Joseph, Baron de Stier, is on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/da5f2d2f-fd52-4844-8954-7ff67d46d9e4/IMG_9571+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out On the north side is a central entry hall, with a stair hall on the right and a service hall on the left. All spaces have elaborate original woodwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/c8476961-d13c-4f88-9404-b071827d69aa/Riversdale+Interiors_IMG_9573.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out The dedication to the symmetrical exterior meant that inside, windows awkwardly spanned two stories in the library with its historical scenic wallcovering - A section of the original is on the opposite wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7ea8e9c7-7e77-44bb-a5b6-41e766bc8dc8/Riversdale+Exterior_drawing+02+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Riversdale, at its completed stage, as developed between Rosalie and George Calvert in 1827. George Calvert would continue their vision for Riversdale after her 1821 death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/dca9bbaa-6b4d-4748-bb69-8760d52094a1/IMG_0364+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Baron de Stier brought his family to Strawberry Hill, a farm in Creagerstown, Maryland, and then to the former William Paca House in Annapolis. In Annapolis, Rosalie met her future husband, George Calvert. From here, Stier went on to start Riversdale, next to the town of Bladensburg, Md., which would be the scene of a significant battle in 1814 between England and still-newly formed United States of America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5975b86f-afc4-402c-8cc7-7e95882811e2/Riversdale+Exterior_IMG_9609.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out 1795 to 1821: “Mistress of Riversdale, The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert” was published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 1991, located at 4811 Riverdale Road in Riverdale Park, Maryland. Riversdale was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f9b5d564-5e23-4a68-ae61-963252457440/Bladensburg+Battle.jpg Blog - Riversdale Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Bladensburg Battle 1814 - a serious defeat for the previously successful American forces - The battle would open the way for the British to enter Washington, DC. https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/kenmore-the-washington-connection-lfwdt-t5er8 monthly 0.5 2022-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/383eef3c-f9d5-4124-a5b6-382d1a8881d4/IMG_5497+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out Rustication: A manner of treating the exterior of a wooden building to make it appear as if it is made of stone. The effect is achieved by cutting and beveling the wooden siding boards (at Mount Vernon, the boards are made of pine) at regular intervals to simulate stone blocks and by applying sand to the surface to imitate the rough texture of stone. In the eighteenth century, the treatment was most often used to add distinction to isolated structural elements, such as around doorways and windows. However, in 1797 Washington started updating the paint and sand process and was testing types of sand for effect of the application just before his death in 1799. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a27ea96e-a5cf-424f-92f7-d668e7ad283f/Screen+Shot+2022-10-19+at+6.03.28+AM.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out First of Two Expansions: Conjectural sketch of the 1759 house - George Washington expanded the house upward to include two full stories and a new garret. The fact that Washington developed his father's house rather than building a new one suggests the importance of familial legacy to Washington. The staircase location on the interior would force the front door to be placed off-center. This decision would forever create a slightly asymmetrical exterior that Washington would try to deemphasize with architectural additions of the pediment and cupola. The cupola is somewhat off-center to help establish the desired illusion of symmetry that was the ideal of classical architecture of the period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5971bb68-276f-48b6-a0b9-de7a82f03444/MJWdrawing_Box2_series1_folder8+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out The West Facade: The addition of the pediment brought an element of classicism to the west elevation of the Mansion that Washington desired. Moreover, it played a crucial role in establishing at least an illusion of the symmetry that Washington intended. In 1778, a cupola was added to the roof. Like the pediment, it provided a central axis for the symmetry Washington had hoped to achieve. However, it does not actually sit at the centerline of the house, being somewhat set a few feet to the south. In addition to its aesthetic function, the cupola functions as a ventilator; with its windows open, convection pulls warm air up and out of the house while drawing cooler air through open windows on the lower floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/752f85fa-9115-4056-bc97-e2f36f0d1442/1-Desktop774.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out Palladian Window: British architect Batty Langley's 1750 pattern book “City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs” influenced the Palladian window at Mount Vernon. Doric pilasters divide the three-part window; the pilasters are paneled much like the piers on the east elevation's piazza. The window features a broken pediment with three voussoirs over the central portion of the exterior (as in Langley's drawing) but only a single keystone on the interior. Although the window's interior interprets Langley's blocked base, it is finished with only a simple sill on the exterior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/95b8ffa5-9212-45f1-b5e3-19b824ba3443/2.+Mount+Vernon+Banquet+Room_IMG_5446.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out New Room: Like many English saloons, Mount Vernon's New Room was fitted out as a picture gallery that could morph into different uses. The north light, streaming in from the new Palladian window, provided ideal illumination. Friend Samuel Vaughan, newly emigrated from London, advised Washington about the latest developments in Robert Adams's designs. Vaughan gifted Washington the beautiful Adam-inspired fireplace used in the New Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/25628724-72fc-4bfa-8285-12499ba297b2/IMG_4404+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out The Plaster Ceiling: John Rawlins designed the plaster ornament in the New Room. Rawlins was a stucco worker and plasterer who had recently arrived from London and was familiar with the Adamesque style. Rawlins's ceiling features farm tools in each of the four quadrants reflecting crops grown at Mount Vernon. Rawlings being too elderly to travel, sent Richard Tharpe, an Irish stucco artisan, who became the "principal workman" and installed the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e3e42922-0b8f-4c61-b0ac-474a499c276b/IMG_0435+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out Front Parlor: The carpet is listed in George Washington's probate inventory. In March of 1797, George Washington wrote to his secretary, Tobias Lear, who was in Philadelphia, requesting that he purchase a carpet for the Front Parlor, saying that "as the furniture was blue, the ground or principal flowers in it ought to be blue also." Washington requested a Wilton carpet, a type of jacquard-woven carpet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2a19f9f2-55f6-41e2-b219-87c1fba514ab/IMG_6309+-+Version+3+%281%29.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out Front Parlor Furniture: The furniture, acquired by Washington, is extensively described in George William Fairfax’s account book and also in the inventory he took before departing Virginia for England in 1774. The chairs and sofa were all covered with “Superfe. Saxon Blue Mix’d Damask,” an expensive patterned textile made from silk and worsted fibers woven in a damask pattern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4072b716-db95-4d30-beed-24842d00b40d/7.+Mount+Vernon+Dining+Room_IMG_5466.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out The Dining Room: Part of the original house was built in 1734. Previously red, in 1785, adapting the "mode" arriving from London - the verdigris-green paint was added. Washington believed the color to be "grateful to the eye" and less likely than other colors to fade; an overcoat of glaze further intensified the color. The full shimmering effect would be realized when used with soft candlelight. The shade of green was discovered by adding acetic acid and copper to the paint's composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8f86fe89-f09a-4138-b8d7-382d8ecbda8f/IMG_7769+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out Dining Room Ceiling: In 1775, Washington decided to install an elaborately decorated plaster ceiling and add plaster ornaments above the fireplace. He hired an expert plasterer, identified simply as the "Stucco Man," who came from working on Kenmore in Fredericksburg, Virginia (his sister Betty Washington Lewis and brother-in-law, second cousin, Fielding Lewis). A renovation in 2001 uncovered some of his original pencil drawings on the ceiling laying out the design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1666694421600-18G6E89JTDD7QWB40CF8/IMG_6304+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1666465525947-FU2OK45V8HV86A9FXED1/9.+Mount+Vernon+Little+Parlor_IMG_5449.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1666465549601-OUQQOLRZLOK9OR0IA6KI/8.+Mount+Vernon+Library_IMG_4449.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1666465585044-T9KLSM2TOYZ09W6A3XQ8/10.+Mount+Vernon+Guest+Room_IMG_4431.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/cc9d3b4e-5b99-489a-98ae-7acdaddd097a/Mount+Vernon+Kitchen+Garden_IMG_5416.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out Lower Garden: The Lower Garden was also the kitchen garden for the kitchen at Mount Vernon. The kitchen is to the left, and the stables are to the right. The view is across the Potomac River, looking to Maryland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2b5c0e39-f13a-4ef2-b14e-aa3adf8f84be/Mount+Vernon+Garden+and+Gate_IMG_5349+-+Version+5.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out Upper Garden: Washington finished enclosing the walls of the Upper Garden in 1776. Originally created as a fruit-and-nuts garden, it was transformed from a garden of necessity to a more decorative one in 1785. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2b0fcb9b-3a5f-4fec-a185-361b083a3b7f/Mount+Vernon+gardens_Green+House_6927.jpg Blog - Mount Vernon - Curated for 1799 - Make it stand out Greenhouse: Completed in 1787, the Greenhouse—allowed Washington to grow tropical and semitropical plants. Lemon and orange trees and sago palms grew here. Washington's Greenhouse burned in 1835, and the present structure was built in 1951 on the original foundation and based on drawings of the original design. The reconstruction incorporates bricks from the White House, which was fully renovated between 1948 and 1952. https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/kenmore-the-washington-connection-lfwdt monthly 0.5 2022-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/20d23a51-058d-47db-b20e-02486e5cbafa/Kenmore+Exteriro_IMG_6876.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out Kenmore: The symmetrical Georgian design of Kenmore is characterized by two five-bay brick facades, a half-hipped roof, end chimneys, and a modillion cornice. Kenmore's exterior of 317,000 bricks laid in Flemish bond is austere and pristine. The interior work of Kenmore is also one of the truly unique examples of the phenomenon of fine artisans often arriving as indentured craftsmen. Their names are not always recorded. They might work on multiple projects in a region and move on after they complete their indentured arrangement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e0774010-010f-4885-b783-04084a37894d/Kenmore+collage+1.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs: "Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved one hundred and eighty-fix Copper plates, for piers, gates, doors, windows, niches, buffets, cisterns, chimney pieces, tabernacle frames, pavements, frets, gulochi's, pulpits, types, altarpieces, monuments, fonts, obliques, pedestals, for sun-dials, busto's and stone tables, book-cafes, ceilings, and iron works." Design books like this were the source of inspiration in the American colonies, which still had very close ties to England and wanted the same English aesthetic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f35f0a0d-5d73-47ae-90e2-20e4e27dc821/Kenmore+Exterior_IMG_6492.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out Kenmore: 1201 Washington Avenue in Fredericksburg, Virginia. At Kenmore, a roughly decade-long restoration began in 2001 to return the home to its historically accurate appearance, circa 1775. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f3133953-ffb5-4efb-a1e9-1440c0b1f44c/Kenmore_portraits.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out Elizabeth "Betty" Washington Lewis: Born June 20, 1733. - the younger sister of George Washington and the only sister that survived childhood. Fielding Lewis: born on July 7, 1725, was a colonel in the American Revolution and the brother-in-law and second cousin of George Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9d658442-079f-468f-a225-e368fc7ab00b/Kenmore_elevation+%281%29.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out The George Washington Foundation: After various owners, Kenmore was threatened with being demolished. In 1922 what would become the George Washington Foundation rescued Kenmore: The mission of The George Washington Foundation is to enhance the public understanding and appreciation of the lives, values, and legacies of George Washington, Fielding, and Betty Washington Lewis, and their families. kenmore.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8cdc18e7-df0d-4e0a-b232-7974abd2f9f6/Kenmore_IMG_6517+%281%29.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out Dining Room: The scene above the fireplace in the dining room is of Aesop's Fable of "The Fox and the Crow." All plaster molding (fireplace mantles included) was either cast or carved in place. They have no idea who did the incredible plasterwork at Kenmore…they simply refer to him as the "Stucco Man." The "Stucco Man" also designed ceilings at Mount Vernon, the home of Betty Lewis' brother, George Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/498f8e65-8b6d-448a-8cd1-5a6775f15989/Kenmore_IMG_6515+%281%29.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out Dining Room Ceiling: Kenmore's simple exterior is a perfect foil for the detailed and rich plasterwork on the first-floor rooms' ceilings and chimneypieces. Although such lavish work was by no means foreign to contemporary English stucco work, it was exceedingly rare in eighteenth-century American houses. Kenmore's plasterwork decoration is considered among the very finest colonial work in the country. The Kenmore is one of the best-preserved examples featuring room after room of highly ornamented neoclassical plaster ceilings and walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/dc93c8b3-56e2-49e1-8e2f-8ee588d290d3/Page-01+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out John Ariss: A builder responsible for designing and constructing several Virginia and Maryland buildings in the eighteenth century. Born in Westmoreland County, VA, he apprenticed with a local carpenter, probably studied architecture from books, and began advertising his services by 1751. For George Washington's brother Samuel Washington, Ariss built Harwood in 1770. Dolly Madison would marry James Madison here in 1794. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1666051244294-W5BPD8NF3O17DXXAV8V0/Kenmore_IMG_6523.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1666051276965-5U78Q8127SF9BU5N3NM2/Kenmore_IMG_6502.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1666051346432-IWSM5WPB4RKWEWZ7JVK7/Kenmore_IMG_6506.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1666051466919-SHKF2447CCEJG0LGKEYB/Kenmore_IMG_6509.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6c6a11b6-0258-49b0-9704-d36833be0c37/Kenmore_IMG_6503.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out Archway in the front entry: The house is an incredible example of Colonial architecture. The house is presented in colors used by wealthy colonists - not only were the ingredients to produce these colors expensive, paint and wall coverings would have all been heavily taxed by England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ba8aafeb-632c-412e-bed1-2101b56009a8/Kenmore_IMG_6519.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out One of six Chippendale style mahogany dining room chairs with a matching arm chair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/53f96ce9-ed46-40c5-83be-5c3fe1a641ab/Kenmore+garden_01_6-26-18.jpg Blog - Kenmore - Georgian in Fredericksburg, VA - Make it stand out Gardens: The Garden Club of Virginia took an interest in restoring its gardens using a plan conceived by landscape architect Charles F. Gillette. Innovative fundraising to support the project led to the creation of what is now an annual event, Historic Garden Week https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/peaks-progress-ayts2-9czxf-r543s-jltx5 monthly 0.5 2022-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/88b8f60f-57a0-4fff-bbcb-b6c3e55f70a3/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IMG_7415.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland William Buckland: The addition of the architectural hyphens and the refined interior detailing of Montpelier is credited as the work of William Buckland. Buckland came to Annapolis in 1771, where he is credited for the finish work or joinery of Chase-Lloyd and Hammond-Harwood houses. Buckland's distinctive styling and specific knowledge of the latest English styles (Georgian, Palladian-influenced, Adamesque) identify his work. This is why, although formal documentation has not been found, Buckland has been credited with Montpelier's hyphenated wings and interior detailing, equaled only in residences such as the Hammond-Harwood house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ca78638a-cf85-4ff1-b2ec-5690ab6cf4b4/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IMG_7694.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Snowden-Long House: Officially known as the Snowden-Long House, the mansion was constructed for a family whose wealth came from the iron forging industry and remained in that family's ownership until 1890. It's notable not just for its age and historical value but for the many detailed architectural elements that are part of the exterior and interior of Montpelier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9f0877c7-7471-4e48-9da9-fdf7268e8b05/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IMG_8480+%281%29.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Montpelier Orientation: Situated on a high knoll, Montpelier faces east, as did most other 18th-century homes of that type. The front and rear elevations are almost identical. Both have an equal number of 12-pane double-hung windows and central eave pediments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6bb33a60-11fe-46fa-a3a0-e105b29932f3/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IMG_7457+-+Version+5.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Montpelier Architectural Details: The central portals are of similar design, with deeply recessed eight-panel doors framed by fluted Doric pilasters and a triglyph frieze under the pediment. The garden-front doorway has an additional fanlight in its pediment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/58b32129-e3d5-42f1-a6b3-b023493da9ef/Montpelier+Mansion+elevation+-+floor+plan.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Montpelier Mansion: The centerpiece of Montpelier is a large, two-and-a-half-story, Flemish bond brick structure measuring 46 x 40 feet and resting on a raised basement. Hyphenated wings flank it with polygonal bays on the garden-front facade. The Hammond-Harwood House likely inspired the latter features in Annapolis (1774–1780), believed to have been the first use of polygonal bays in the design of a five-part American house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/76eaaf0a-bcff-47a7-a41c-fd25d87c5f9f/Screen+Shot+2022-09-24+at+6.47.48+PM.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out William Buckland designed the Hammond-Hammond House, Annapolis, Maryland 1774 and introduced the area to Paladian architectural design just coming from London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b510ec1c-7e97-4526-a15f-ff357aca5bde/Page-01+copy+3.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Snowden Family Coat of Arms: Brought to Maryland in 1658 when Richard Snowden originally migrated to America from Birmingham, England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ff742b8e-6192-4d36-9328-966dba99ab7f/Montpelier+Mansion+Garden_IMG_7669.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Monpelier Colonial Revival Garden: Today, Montpelier features a picket-fenced colonial revival herb and flower garden with pathways covered in oyster shells and brick-lined edging detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fd7aacfc-2f96-4c92-898c-f9d37b9fd957/Montpelier+Mansion+Pavillion_IMG_7604.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out The Summer House: A boxwood-lined pathway at Montpelier runs through the garden to the original 18th-century summer house. The Summer House is a rare existing hexagonal structure with a shingle roof, shiplap siding, and a cupola. The original structure was built in c. 1793. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2d620a32-37ce-444e-8b89-f2edb6026a00/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IIMG_7482.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out The center hall runs from front to back and is unobstructed by the stairway. The hall is adorned with a plaster entablature similar to that found at Mount Vernon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f28ba2b3-e3fd-481c-8d81-acc57d8f46b8/Montpelier+Mansion+Interiors_IMG_7538+%281%29.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Major Thomas Snowden promoted the beautiful interior woodwork we see today. The carving may have been done by an indentured woodcarver sent to Snowden by George Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/52a68555-7b4a-4a31-b478-262ef7b9110d/1-Desktop756.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Photos of Montpelier from extensive 1936 and 1937 survey of the property highlight some of its remarkable architectural details. The plaster entablature similar to that found at Mount Vernon is quite evident in these photos. The rooms located on the carriage front are far plainer, containing a paneled fireplace wall (TOP LEFT), simpler cornice, and chair rail. Perhaps because these rooms were intended for family use rather than formal entertaining, they are more in keeping with the simplicity called for by Quaker tenets. (TOP RIGHT) The Dining Room is the most elaborate room for entertainment with a corner cabinet for china and crystal. It also features wall-to-wall carpet that would arrive in 27-inch strips and sewn together in place to match the pattern.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/22208c11-2e05-41a6-b9e6-4a2df1da4e4c/Montpelier+Mansion+Interiors_IMG_7543.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out The southeast drawing room at one time it served as the dining room, hence the corner cupboard with its recessed serving tray and beautifully executed Corinthian columns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/49f4a332-f3cf-40d9-a974-b4c1ec2fb522/Montpelier+Mansion+Interiors_IMG_7501.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out "General Washington with his staff made many calls at Montpelier and was always welcomed whether they were hurried day calls or for night accommodations." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a5e21061-c13e-4af7-8dd1-937c31309c94/Montpelier+Mansion+Interiors_IMG_7515.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out George Washington stopped on his way to and after returning from the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Here, Abigail Adams rested on a journey between Baltimore and Washington, DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0e8eb638-2149-4358-b942-32bf9cfa3f62/IMG_8474+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - Montpelier Mansion - Maryland - Make it stand out Many interesting anecdotes are treasured in the family connected with this old house - Hospitality was a prevailing characteristic of the legacy of Montpelier. Family stories post-revolution "witnessed the house filled to its utmost capacity for a week at a time, numbering with their servants 20 or 30 persons, carriage horses, and servants and horses in proportion." https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/peaks-progress-ayts2-9czxf-r543s monthly 0.5 2022-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/433ec7bd-4473-4d89-96f3-7627d7cb15a3/William+Paca+House_IMG_8947_horiz.jpg Blog - William Paca House The Drawing Room: The woodwork is considered from William Buckland and was installed several years after the house was initially completed. Features include a handsome chimneypiece with a cornice shelf supported on a pulvinated frieze carved with oak leaves. The cornice of the room is detailed with plaster ornaments. It is probable that wood carver Thomas Hall, who worked on the Chase-Lloyd House and Hammond-Harwood House with architect William Buckland, also worked on the William Paca Drawing Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/760fb1c5-81ca-49d2-8b5f-c791320757a3/IMG_0364+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out The William Paca House: Built between 1763 - 1765 is a five-part Palladian-form house in the heart of historic Annapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/166826a1-ba70-4fd5-b923-c54dba597a56/William+Paca+House+front+facade_IMG_8942.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out The house uses a header bond brick exterior with a full-height basement. The fieldstone foundation is embellished with “galleting”—small colored stones embedded in the mortar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fed0c36b-824d-46c3-a3ff-0dea1a56d81e/CW-Peale__william_paca.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1772: Next to William Paca is a bust of Cicero; his Annapolis garden and summerhouse are in the background. Paca was born in 1740 in Baltimore County, Maryland. He received his formal education in Philadelphia, studied law in Annapolis, and completed his legal training in London. One of Maryland's four signers of the Declaration of Independence, Paca, served as governor from November 1783-August 1784. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0af5ac07-ef41-42a6-9ce1-b13f1421745d/William+Paca+Dining+Room.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out Dining Room: A relatively small space - the Central Passage could have been used to expand seating. The remarkable Faris-Shaw-Chisholm tall-case clock is in this room - an extraordinary example of the work of Annapolis furniture maker Tom Shaw. The walls are wallpaper and then painted - a technique that gives a more uniform appearance and clear color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/dd7efe52-7357-4b32-849c-154421ab8df5/William+Paca+House_IMG_8962.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out A thriving shipping industry brought great wealth to 18th-century Annapolis and reflected the quality of life admired in England. The Paca House reflects many of these aspects seen in the furnishings, finishes, and entertainment. For William Paca, his home acted as a stage to impress his guests with his success, knowledge, and political connections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/eeecb505-1f1c-48ac-8754-192a4a9e1b2a/William+Paca+House+Sitting+Rm.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out Upstairs - Main bedroom: The shade of Prussian Blue becomes a status color of the period. It shows up in other locations like Williamsburg, Philadelphia, Monticello, and Mount Vernon. One of the color's main ingredients, indigo - an extremely difficult and expensive to acquire at the time- became more available through new complicated trade routes in the southern hemisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0516f4f8-ff83-4d21-a179-3b36c83b4f3b/William+Paca+House_IMG_8939_Garden.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out The William Paca House Gardens: Painstakingly restored to its original form using details drawn from historic artwork and archaeological excavations, the two-acre gardens of the William Paca House are a unique collaboration of efforts. The Summer House is a focal point that appeared in the 1772 Portrait of William Paca by Charles Willson Peale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/60b388d8-4e59-4e26-bef5-71e6c31307e3/IMG_8977.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out Viewed fron the second floor: The brick walls enclose a series of terraces characteristic of colonial gardens in the Chesapeake region. The uppermost terrace serves as a platform for entertaining and viewing the garden. The following two levels are laid out in parterres adding geometric designs to the formal part of the gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d82f5b1d-41f4-477c-8630-54f31ba6ec32/Screen+Shot+2022-09-28+at+1.22.45+PM+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out View from northeast during demolition of Carvel Hall Hotel. Below: Restored garden and facade. (Marion Warren Collection, Maryland State Archives.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b6899d2d-9f4e-4dd6-9d95-d92336ef077e/Screen+Shot+2022-09-28+at+1.42.55+PM+-+Version+2.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out Restoration of the William Paca House is progressing - 1971, at the former site of the Carvel Hall Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a6d88f88-ce41-4b3b-bc59-aa57126588c1/Screen+Shot+2022-09-28+at+2.02.49+PM.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out A postcard for the from the Carvel Hall Hotel 1903-1965. This part of the hotel is located in the former William Paca garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/14541c2a-7369-43d3-a6ff-ab681277d37f/William+Paca+House_front+door_IMG_3063.jpg Blog - William Paca House - Make it stand out Architecturally significant, the Paca House belongs to the impressive group of 18th-century mansions for which Annapolis has become famous. By being located in the same block with two other great five-part Palladian-form houses, the Brice House and the Hammond-Harwood House, the Paca House creates a unique architectural collection. These homes help showcase the details of our nation's early architecture as it unfolds. https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/peaks-progress-ayts2-9czxf monthly 0.5 2022-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/610a812c-1c80-4f6e-8c7a-a8f231eb4466/Hammond-Harwood+House+drawings.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House The Hammond - Harwood House was begun in 1774 for Matthias Hammond, a wealthy planter who also served in the Maryland state legislature. The architect, British immigrant William Buckland, designed this house in the Anglo-Palladian style - an architectural innovation for the colonies at this point. Annapolis experienced what is often called its "Golden Age" from 1760 to the Revolution. Under the governorship of Robert Eden, from 1769-1776, Annapolis developed a thriving social scene. Thomas Jefferson greatly admired Buckman's front door for the house, describing it as the finest of the republic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6154ea63-ffc3-42ab-9a2a-291ecf444923/Harmmond-Harwood+House+Rear+Facade_IMG_6593.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out The Garden Facade: The house that Buckland designed for Hammond is a five-part house. There is the central block that was the primary residence for the family. At either end are wings used for offices, kitchens, and enslaved people's quarters, connected by enclosed passages called HYPHENS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/69f7481a-c580-4cc9-99cf-73bfba985f02/Hammond-Harwood+House+Annapolis%2C+MD+IMG_3367+%281%29+-+Version+4.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out Ballroom/Withdrawing Room: After dining together, men might remain at the table to smoke while women retire to this room to pursue separate conversations - a transplanted English tradition. The room's scale allowed it to function as a ballroom as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/502d95b7-59d1-4053-8644-bd6b2012c2b6/IMG_8911.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out The style of the Withdrawing Room/Ballroom is neoclassical - a simpler and more linear version of classicism than the Rococo detailed dining room. There is a faux door to the right to maintain the design symmetry of the fireplace wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f902133e-b28e-4cbd-84b7-d2a35ba79f86/Paladino+Villa.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out The five-part plan has the signature of Italian architect ANDREA PALLADIO, who built numerous houses of this type but also published the designs in his illustrated architectural treatise titled The Four Books of Architecture. Palladio had extensively studied ancient Roman architecture, which he took as his model. Buckland was interpreting VILLA PISANI AT MONTAGNA, from PALLADIO'S FOUR BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/edb68b3c-6466-49a1-b984-4f340798289d/HHH+Passage.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out Buckland followed the local custom of using the "Annapolis plan" to lay out the rooms. A non-symmetrical floor plan in which the stair hall is off to one side. The passage does not run the full depth of the house, allowing space for a larger room on the garden side. You can see this effect in the photo on the right where the dining room, which benefits from the additional space, is located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8ef9b529-aa14-4e82-be5f-252f8dcdac27/IMG_8897+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out Dining Room: This room has the house's most elaborate wood and stucco decoration. The overall decorative scheme for a room like this could be found in Buckland's pattern books, such as Isaac Ware's Complete Body of Architecture. The faux door to the right is open and shows the brick walls used for the house. The same Rococo influence can be seen in Buckman's designs for Gunston Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e553452e-786a-40cc-b724-df32c3415a94/Hammond-Harwood+House+Annapolis%2C+MD+IMG_3346+-+Version+3.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out Dining Room: Buckland had his own painter, an indentured servant, attached to his workshop. Most pigments were imported from England from the colonial to the early national periods. Color was a luxury item in the pre-industrial world. The wood carving of this room may have been done by English carver Thomas Hall who came with Buckland from Virginia and worked together on the Chase-Lloyd House across the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/15619705-63f9-4bf5-85de-04f1dae2bba7/HHH_IMG_8880+office.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out First Floor Study Chamber: Desk-and-bookcase attributed to John Shaw, Annapolis, Maryland, ca. 1797. Mahogany, mahogany veneer, and lightwood inlay with tulip poplar and yellow pine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a2d4fe53-542c-444e-8e5c-0e3c13dcedc8/William+Buckland+Peal+Portrait_IMG_8872.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out A portrait of Buckland by Charles Willson Peale - The portrait was probably commissioned in 1774 but left unfinished when he died later that year. Peale eventually finished the painting for Buckland's daughter and son-in-law. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fbea9d20-69f7-465e-9154-35a966424ecb/HHH_IMG_8910+table+detail.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out Some of the furniture in the house is from renowned Annapolis cabinetmaker John Shaw (1745–1829). He was considered the foremost cabinetmaker in Annapolis during the late 18th century - and trained in Scotland rather than England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9e341762-8759-4c47-868f-147965162710/Hammond_Harwood+House+front+door+and+rail_IMG_3073.jpg Blog - Hammond-Harwood House - Make it stand out Hammond-Harwood House - showing the gracefully curved railing detail and front door on the front facade. https://www.bdearmond.com/blog/peaks-progress-ayts2 monthly 0.5 2022-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8f08e6c1-dff9-4a98-92d8-43b5f3b37dcd/Gunston+Hall+Drawing+Room_5-14-22_IMG_4221+-+Version+6.jpg Blog - Gunston Hall The formal, Palladian-style room in Gunston Hall features rococo woodwork. 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Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Monticello: Thomas Jefferson began building Monticelloin in 1768 after inheriting land from his father at age 26. It was s long process of designing and redesigning Monticello - constructed over forty years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/00db858e-0ee0-4821-85ad-8afd20ce7821/IMG_0381+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA East Facade: The original main entrance is through the portico on the east front. The ceiling of this portico incorporates a wind plate connected to a weather vane, showing the direction of the wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f853de77-7eee-46ed-ae66-ed5a2588026e/IMG_3775+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Entrance Hall: Showcasing the objects in this room demonstrated Jefferson's belief that "knowledge is power, and that knowledge should be shared among the people in a democratic state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/bf5973a7-4c74-4c4d-ac5d-7e837beeea30/IMG_3799.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Parlor: Family and friends would gather in the Parlor for games, music, and it was the site of weddings, dances and other important social events. The Parlor has unpainted plaster, with a Thomas Jefferson-designed parquet floor of cherry and beech. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0b4ee356-835c-4dfa-8f66-f2d86388b1b9/IMG_3810+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Parlor: The Parlor held most of Jefferson's art collection. Artwork, with paintings hung in tiers. Jefferson's 1809 inventory lists for this room: "Portraits = 24; Paintings = 17; Medals = 10; Busts = 2; Miscellaneous = 4." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ea7d8b63-82f7-4bb6-9213-ff1c85c03858/IMG_3809+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Harpsichord: A superb harpsichord made by the celebrated London maker Jacob Kirckman, one of the finest harpsichords available at the time - purchased for his older daughter, Martha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d57b6279-2541-484c-9b1b-a531e49b1f11/IMG_3781+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA South Wing: The south wing includes Jefferson's private suite of rooms. The library holds many books from his third library collection. His first library was burned in a plantation fire, and his second library was sold in 1815 to the United States Congress to replace the books lost when the British burned Washington in 1814. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/887dff79-2f7d-4ce7-982a-1d2d1720c670/Monticello+4-29-22_IMG_3785+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Cabinet: In his Cabinet, Jefferson answered thousands of letters, recorded the weather, and managed his plantations. Jefferson's highly functional space contains books, papers, works of art, and a "polygraph" copy machine to copy letters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a6aaa85d-e08c-4562-ad7a-7796f8c249c1/Monticello+4-29-22_IMG_3791+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Bed Chamber: Jefferson furnished his Bed Chamber with silk curtains, marble-topped tables, and upholstered armchairs from his house in Paris. Mixed in is the Virginia-made bureau his wife used during their marriage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/48adcf64-5ba7-49a5-95ab-64ecad7dbc5f/Monticello+4-29-22_IMG_3824+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA North Wing: The north wing includes two guest bedrooms and a dining room. It has a dumbwaiter incorporated into the fireplace, dumbwaiters, and a pivoting serving door with shelves. Originally unpainted plaster, the dining room was "chrome yellow," following his time in Paris, then wall-papered, then blue in the post-Jefferson era. Currently, the walls are a "chrome yellow" recreated following paint analysis studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a3b4e7ea-d050-4b70-80d1-e232b6ebf6cc/Monticello+4-29-22_IMG_3829+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Dining Room: Personal items included china from his wife, objects from his life in Paris, and pieces inherited from friends and colleagues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6b317cff-31f3-4cac-a1e6-06c9d0c7b1cc/Monticello+4-29-22_IMG_3828+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Tea Room: The Tea Room served as a place for overflow seating during meals and a reading and writing area for the Jefferson family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4cfe7906-da11-4c92-9e0d-4080159206be/IMG_0450+%281%29.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Monticello Original Plan: The first Monticello (roughly from 1770 to 1796) was influenced by the designs of Andrea Palladio as studied from design and pattern books of the time. In its final phase, Monticello (which started in 1796) was based on the temple designs Jefferson saw in Europe while Minister to France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a54137dd-5a84-4669-8dc8-ac4c025ba6b2/IMG_7772+-+Version+2+%282%29.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Monticello Gardens: The 1,000-foot-long terrace, or garden plateau, was literally hewed from the side of the mountain with slave labor, and it was supported by a massive stone wall that stood over twelve feet in its highest section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/965f15a5-d7e2-46dd-a0fc-23ad0d81abd4/IMG_7766+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Spherical Sundial: There is no evidence that spherical dials were in use in North America before Jefferson produced his version, although various types based on the same principle existed in Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e468892e-6262-48f0-b006-22d9e300e839/IMG_7729+-+Version+2+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA Flower Gardens: Monticello was a botanic laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world. https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-3/project-three-8zgh7-cm353-jeh9c monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b6fa1400-05a4-441a-b4f0-b92649a45632/IMG_3848+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Woodlawn West (Carriage) Facade: Built c. 1800-1805, Woodlawn is a 5-part brick house in Georgian/Federal style. The influence coming from Robert Adam is growing in America. His British dominance in architecture and interiors crossed the Atlantic to the new Republic. As a result, the Federal/Adam style translates regionally up and down the East Coast from 1780-1840. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9d64c111-8f31-4bdf-9f10-cb5187191400/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3856+%282%29.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Woodlawn East Facade: The east facade of Woodlawn faces Mount Vernon and is the view Washington would have seen if he had lived long enough. At the time, from Woodlawn, you could see to the Potomac River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7d7a6096-b8b0-468f-8b21-7117c8225ff7/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3864+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Central Hall: An elliptical curving staircase is the focal point of the Central Hall and a trademark of architect William Thornton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6f7da392-90ac-4715-adf0-252f95ae0129/Woodlawn+PlantationIMG_3869+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Central Hall: The floor plan is formally arranged in a central hall plan with an elliptical curving staircase and four rooms, two on each side of the hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b634632b-8824-4432-98a5-9075eb7222a8/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_5803.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Formal Dining Room: The mansion was an important social center, visited by Lafayette, Robert E. Lee, President Andrew Jackson, and other prominent guests of the era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4915577b-b3a8-49c9-b09a-04d1000b2c7d/IMG_5809+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Formal Dining Room: Details of Woodlawn's Federal style details evolving into the 1800s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/bc097881-bc1c-480e-8831-ec39fbbabdb5/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_5810.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Formal Dining Room: The formal Dining Room at Woodlawn reflects the Federal interior trend of muted wall colors, minimal trim work painted white, and delicately carved or inlaid decoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/c2a7ec92-2ca3-4b80-9c8a-f311d2e1de99/IMG_3910+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Formal Dining Room: French bronze and ormolu mantel clock with George III mahogany knife boxes on a Hepplewhite sideboard are displayed prominently in Woodlawn's formal dining room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/3e0278c1-c7c4-4f96-9c9e-eb3ef0a694ff/IMG_3883+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Central Hall Front Entry: At the front entry, a Philadelphia tall case Federal mahogany grandfather's clock looking into the Family Parlor at Woodlawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b42c114f-1646-429b-9e32-a088a255fca0/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3853.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Central Hall Front Door: A brass eagle door knocker at the front entry reflects the strong Washington family connection to Woodlawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8b52f7c5-2d00-4936-8e91-feb46ca04ab6/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3942+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Family Parlor: Less formal, the family took their meals and afternoon tea here at Woodlawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a6011781-9a18-469e-aa32-d74cff691b8f/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3931.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA The Parlor: Trust experts have researched the many layers of paint, discovering the original bluish green of the parlor walls and the dove gray of its woodwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a82c50ed-314f-4092-8788-d58dd512070b/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3888+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Lafayette Bedroom - Woodlawn Plantation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ab7ce452-29f9-47fb-b47c-4c45ba3e6217/IMG_3904+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA The Lewis Bedroom - Woodlawn Plantation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/571bb491-ea62-4eb1-8396-5689ef974456/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_3897.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Second Floor Landing - Woodlawn Plantation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4c7cec08-1625-4c91-a699-a359e83092a3/Woodlawn+Plantation_IMG_5519++-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Garden Planting: The gardens of Woodlawn are based on contemporary gardening manuals of their time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b3f40d59-96ec-4ede-812d-cf58b1bd7d40/Woodlawn+Plantation+Garden_IMG_6964.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Garden Entrance: Gardens of Woodlawn are a reflection of archaeological survey work. As envisioned by landscape architect Alden Hopkins - two parterres are now planted with roses, summer annuals, and flowering shrubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8d9c382e-f967-4779-8652-074d9581bba9/Screen+Shot+2022-09-17+at+12.50.46+PM+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Woodlawn: Documentation compiled after 1933- Measured Drawing(s) Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1e7bb9be-47e3-4d65-a558-3baa1f0c15f5/7559_Woodlawn+Plantation+layout+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Woodlawn: Layout for Woodlawn Estate and gardens - Woodlawn was built between 1800 and 1805 on land Washington gifted, which had been part of his Dogue Run Farm. Washington selected the house site because of the tremendous view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6ed19682-b080-4826-b850-c98a7f9b366a/Screen+Shot+2022-11-28+at+12.50.55+PM+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Nelly Parke Custis - granddaughter of Martha Washington and bride to George Washington's nephew, Lawrence Lewis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d66cc5f0-f63d-438c-be49-edc18f3d4e3c/woodlawn+artwork+1820.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Woodlawn - Fairfax County, VA Woodlawn Plantation c. 1820 - East Facade https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-3/project-three-8zgh7-cm353-jeh9c-4a8x3 monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4760b47d-1995-47a4-81bc-516a1e974813/IMG_3464+-+Version+3+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA Montpelier: James Madison's Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, was the plantation house of the Madison family, including Founding Father and fourth president of the United States James Madison and his wife, Dolley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a4d7fc85-dd00-450c-a2a5-22498f335e2b/IMG_3384+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA A $25 million restoration project launched in October 2003 was completed on Constitution Day, September 17, 2008. The restoration returned Montpelier to its 1820 appearance: it demolished additions made to the house by the duPont family, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/cc0ffc4f-3f6b-417e-9b35-1e076a6cf9e6/Montpelier+IMG_3669+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA An inventory of the estate was taken at Madison's death. The inventory provided the Curatorial & Collections Department a blueprint of what items were in the rooms and, in turn, how the space was used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/790c3ffe-4669-47e0-ba6f-ff375999609e/Montpelier+IMG_3681+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA The Drawing Room was the main entertainment space for James and Dolley Madison at Montpelier. The room resulted from 1809 architectural modifications, and two rooms are joined to create one space. Pan, Youths & Nymphs" by Dutch artist Gerrit Van Honthorst is one of the Madison's original artworks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8c854c58-5a55-415d-ad0a-29fb95312782/Montpelier+IMG_3684+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA An avid art collector, some of the original art of the Madison's has been returned to Montpelier. The the Madison's collection reflects well known artists of the period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8cb299e8-8f5c-4c50-adc4-81caaf1adf49/Montpelier+IMG_3690+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA The Madisons painted Louis XVI drawing-room chairs probably are bought when George Washington auctioned off some of his presidential furniture on his retirement to Mount Vernon at the end of his second term. Washington had bought the originals, made by a Parisian cabinetmaker named Lelarge, from a departing French ambassador. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4cf74967-d9cd-492e-a053-80387cffe619/Montpelier+dining+room_IMG_3692.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA In 2010, a committee of Montpelier curatorial staff and experts in the fields of historic furnishings and wall coverings selected the wallpaper pattern “Virchaux Drapery,” for the Madison Dining Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/912cca16-d45c-49dd-a90c-ec7c2bdf4d65/IMG_3699.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA The “Virchaux Drapery” pattern was chosen for its French style and for being designed and produced in Philadelphia in 1815, the same time James and Dolley Madison were considering and purchasing paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4e475199-223b-4f0d-a17c-7de8220ae582/Montpelier+IMG_3707+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA James Madison's desk in the Library of Montpelier. Madison owned over 4,000 volumes in his library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9a9858a3-66f1-442c-964d-9221d5b0414d/Montpellier+Garden_IMG_3724+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA The estate was purchased by the duPont family in 1901 and Annie du Pont restored the terraces and added brick walls, iron gates and statuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e8e3b0e5-0651-4fd6-b459-6f1972035da3/Montpelier+IMG_3722+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA Annie's dePont's daughter Marion hired Charles Gillette to design additonal perennial beds. The National Trust for Historic Preservation bought Montpelier in 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1ae3d682-0d67-490e-bbe2-5d08e13981f8/IMG_1228.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA The South Cellar details the Montpelier story of slavery, complete with the voices of descendants and the names of everyone known to be enslaved on the property throughout the Madison ownership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6fb20640-e82b-47be-ba0e-b2b92bb300b3/IMG_3480+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA The Temple at Montpelier, which served both an aesthetic purpose and a practical one as a working icehouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/37bc6774-184d-4f20-8379-edeade832473/Page-01.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA Floor Plan: Montpelier floor plan as it evolves from 1760-1907. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/cc487867-f14a-4e73-a13b-a890617f0f58/Screen+Shot+2022-12-01+at+3.37.27+AM+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Montpelier - Orange, VA Montpelier as reimagined by the duPont's https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-3/project-three-8zgh7-cm353-jeh9c-fj54a monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/88f45449-a465-4b24-b5a0-2ae4af91c028/IMG_9407+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Riversdale South Elevation: Riversdale is a unique blend of American Federal design and the native Flemish of its emigrant builder Henri Joseph Stier at the beginning of the 1800s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b0cc1cd7-ab95-49f3-8bb0-ca8088844a22/Riversdale+Exterior_IMG_9490+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Riversdale South Elevation: Riversdale was the plantation of the Belgian émigré Rosalie Stier Calvert (1778–1821) and her husband, George Calvert (1768–1838), a planter and direct descendent of the Proprietary Governors of Maryland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1374ad6b-1b37-4466-82d9-aba3fa8d6347/Page-01+copy+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Baron de Stier Home: Chateau du Mick - The Stiers's Belgian home was used as a design reference for Riversdale in Maryland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/44e39edb-bc8c-4394-95e7-19caa5e35b80/Riversdale+Exterior_IMG_9473+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Riversdale North Elevation: Steir's Belgian home, Chateau du Mick, inspired the architecture of Riversdale, especially the East-West orientation of entertaining rooms, a style more popular in Europe than in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9f363889-a5e4-448c-81b0-373f9d1a6873/Riversdale+Interiors_IMG_9528.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Salon: Riversdale Salon's architectural details showcase the elaborate Federal interiors. For example, the canvas floor covering is an intricate geometric pattern popular with Federal design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1e7d61f2-da20-435f-8bdb-a690536beb40/Screen+Shot+2022-11-18+at+12.10.33+PM+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Salon: Design drawings of sophisticated Federal era molding details showcased throughout Riversdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/75d91193-43d0-48fa-9b9f-413524832d93/IMG_9525.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Salon: Some of the beautiful detail drawn together for Riversdale. The curated paint colors are of the period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/29ecd2db-f6cb-41c3-a34b-4d0c91ba5a28/Riversdale+Interiors_IMG_9541.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Riversdale Artwork: One of the features of Riversdale is that it housed the Stiers' renowned sixty-three masterpieces. This inclued ten Rubens. The art remained at Riversdale for safekeeping for twenty-two years - until the wars and politics of Europe finally settled down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/922d0b5e-9bab-4998-81fd-060db2cc8496/IMG_9537+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Drawing Room: The Drawing Room, Salon, and Dining Room make up the entertaining spaces at Riversdale. These were all laid out on the garden side of the house - in European custom. The Stiers were accustomed to this arrangement and used it for Riversdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9421904a-747a-4fc7-9f0c-c98c9bd43393/IMG_9535+-+Version+2+%281%29.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Dining Room: The east parlor served as the dining room. The west parlor, with the salon in between, was the principle receiving parlor for guests. A portrait of Henri Joseph, Baron de Stier, is on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b7c7b1e9-9f01-450a-a140-6312c683018e/IMG_9554+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Dining Room: One feature of Riversdale is the 16-foot ceilings. Glass was very expensive then, and heating costs would have been much more costly - but the effect is priceless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/cbbf7fd9-639a-453c-bd16-55774695cbee/Riversdale+Interiors_IMG_9573.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Office: The dedication to the symmetrical exterior meant that inside, windows awkwardly spanned two stories in the library with its historical scenic wallcovering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8a90e07d-3f4f-4aac-af82-d53e11a45caa/IMG_9521.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD On the north side is a central entry hall, with a stair hall on the right and a service hall on the left. All spaces have elaborate original woodwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/02ff3309-a1a1-4389-a060-6037c3079f9a/IMG_9585+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Master Bedroom: Located on the second floor, the master bedroom includes this beautiful desk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8aa7f05c-1d48-479d-8a9b-7d1c8d56ee12/Riversdale+Interiors_IMG_9579.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Landing Two at Second Staircase: A second staircase at Riversdale goes to the master bedroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/81bdbb6b-3366-46f1-81d4-9c71e4cfb15e/Page-01.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Son-in-law George Calvert and daughter of Baron de Stier, Rosalie Stier Calvert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a7335a5a-9987-4c55-88b4-c58f712886e0/Page-01.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD Riversdale - At its completed stage, as developed between Rosalie and George Calvert in 1827. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6ae4bd19-b72b-4f60-86c3-a2ed8462127a/Page-01.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Riversdale - Riverdale Park, MD 1795-1821 "Mistress of Riversdale, The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert" - A reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the newly emerging Federal city of Washington. 'These letters document the timeless elements of domestic life--family relationships, childbirth, illness, household chores--but they offer far more than the familiar fare of the plantation mistress.' https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-3/project-three-8zgh7-cm353-jeh9c-fj54a-mygpn monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7a5019bd-5c3c-435d-aaab-33ccff871170/IMG_9958+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood South Facade: The design of Homewood Estate is five-part Palladian using Federal-style detailing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6b52f7fd-690d-40c8-83d0-818278249864/IMG_9969+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood South Facade: The temple front four-columned portico is the focus of the principal elevation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/c4dbd210-93c0-436d-95ec-697bd745821d/IMG_0883+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD South Portico: Homewood offers a glimpse into the window of early 19th-century Maryland on a fast track of growth and development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fcae5c8b-509a-4760-917b-16821d6e9881/IMG_9942.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood North Facade: The garden facade has a flat portico. The house is built of Flemish-bond brick with stone trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f7994b63-3c50-41ae-b5f4-f34f2d7ff784/IMG_0017+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Reception Hall: Following has a wide center reception hall adjoining a back garden entry hall in which the stairway to the upper level is located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9f61239f-2d94-4829-8506-b56875600e3e/IMG_0019+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Reception Hall: Painted floor cloths or richly detailed rugs cover the original southern yellow pine floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9da26347-7c52-43a4-92a1-bf7c58f97edf/IMG_0022.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Central Hall: The halls are flanked by large rooms and bisected by a perpendicular east-west cross hall that also provides access to the hyphens and wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4511312f-d311-4b6c-ae43-45bd6c8486a1/IMG_0076+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Central Hall: The placement of the fanlights along the axis of the cross hall takes advantage of natural light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e1304264-fcf2-4c16-b7ac-6b0abbfcc743/IMG_0001+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Dining Room: Many details of the house were probably drawn from the design book William Pain's "The Practical House Carpenter," the first American edition printed in 1796. Extreme attention to detail and design reflects the importance of entertaining at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1ade0a67-f1e1-47d9-8fe6-aea60825555d/IMG_0088+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Dining Room: Americans were particularly eager to show their taste, understanding of culture, and refined entertaining. The dining room was significant for projecting this refinement and revealing the fine dining tools through their china, crystal, and, most importantly, silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/c1f28dea-9f84-449c-b473-5fb48a892701/IMG_0007+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Back Parlor: On the garden side, and filled with late afternoon light. The parlor also acts as a library space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6ce7ac05-b344-42ba-8d2e-ffda44b366c2/IMG_0010+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Back Parlor: The location of this room caught the last light of the day and probably made it a popular space for the family, for games and family activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/26e211c8-1646-4dba-8708-e8cfa25b07e8/IMG_0062+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Drawing Room: The rugs were made in England, woven in 2-foot-wide strips, and shipped to Baltimore, where they were stitched together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0b95baaf-0212-4715-9fef-8e13d974c641/IMG_0068+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Drawing Room: The drawing room reflects the taste of the early 1800s with a great deal of wood carving reflecting the Robert Adam influences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/02a1db9d-4da7-47d8-9078-6cf1e56745ab/IMG_0043+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Master Bed Chamber: Located on the east end of the first-floor wing, and captures the morning light. This space would also be used for hosting quests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d639661e-d329-479f-a060-c500f1148d09/IMG_0053+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Dressing Room: The dressing room for the primary bedroom includes a portable bathtub that was part of the period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a309c746-fbfb-40e3-8d2a-e11d2112c127/IMG_0024+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Guest Room: Chinz Chamber or "Best Guest Room" for important guests at Homewood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/71636a1a-8e5b-4865-9661-9f3ac64010de/IMG_0030+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Guest Room: Chinz Chamber or "Best Guest Room" chimneypiece detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d705ecb4-0a13-4e73-a2d6-95ed8384a56f/Homewood+floor+plan+c.+1808.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood: Floor plan for Homewood Mansion c. 1808. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/46ac60ed-ea40-4948-b21b-b5a57ff7e307/IMG_0888+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Homewood - Baltimore, MD Homewood Privy: The privy for Homewood with paneled walls and dome ceiling.. https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-3/project-three-8zgh7-cm353-jeh9c-fj54a-mygpn-x63y8 monthly 0.5 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/dc42389c-ea90-42a0-9611-9e922e17168a/IMG_4785+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Arlington House was built at a high point on a 1,100-acre estate. The land was bought initially by John Parke Custis. His son, George Washington Parke Custis, decided to make his home on the property in 1802. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/c5033039-9466-489f-b5b9-c01b1659b827/Arlington+House_IMG_4777.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA George Washington Parke Custis built Arlington House. Custis became a resident of what was part of the District of Columbia and started construction in 1803. However, the federal government returned to Virginia this area ceded by Virginia in 1847. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/cb957dae-728a-4c31-a043-8b0ec6064d9d/IMG_7873+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA George Washington Parke Custis, bottom right, the step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington and only grandson of Martha Custis Washington. Custis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8f45d724-4bab-4567-a75c-c36cb693b309/Page-01+copy+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA George Hadfield was hired as the architect for Arlington - He constructed a mansion exhibiting the first example of Greek Revival architecture in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/72a8949c-e64b-4146-8905-46f7484e8c20/Page-01+copy+3.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA George Hadfield created the iconic porticoes in the United States. The overscaled Doric columns (brick covered by stucco) became a landmark and influenced the future planning of Washington, D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b44fb9d3-b47f-436f-913f-9f73ccd551dc/IMG_4791+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Family Room: This is the room where Robert E. Lee and Mary Custis were married in 1831. A portrait of Mary hangs over the fireplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fda6fcc2-d65a-467e-8fce-bbe736bac7bf/Arlington+House_IIMG_4804.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Family Parlor: This parlor was the center of family life and the hospitality of guests at the mansion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6844cd25-f02e-4e6f-92d4-7b7a22bf5b8b/Arlington+House_IMG_4790+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA White Parlor: Robert and Mary Lee furnished this formal parlor in 1855. The décor reflects Lee's tastes. Lee also designed the marble mantelpieces with leaf carvings to symbolize Arlington's oak forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/874295b1-094f-42c1-81fd-8a656a2b40d0/Arlington+House_IMG_4811+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA White Parlor: Robert E. Lee originally purchased the red velvet furniture for his West Point superintendent's quarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1e299a05-475e-4511-a4ba-3d707f85f8f2/Arlington+House_IMG_4817.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Morning Room: George Washington Parke Custis is the builder of Arlington House and Robert E. Lee's father-in-law. Custis, raised at Mount Vernon, filled Arlington with this legacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2aa4b79d-2dab-46bb-9035-af3016cd4db0/Arlington+House_IMG_8506.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Dining Room: The dining room was used for family meals and entertaining guests. The china displayed on the dining table belonged to George and Martha Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/506903c9-4ed3-4f3b-aac8-475e9f7e2a7d/IMG_8515.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Center Hall: Visitors were greeted in this hall. Guests were political or artistic friends of Mr. Custis, military friends of the Lees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4fea8ffd-32ea-4610-9aad-d664bfbf47d4/Arlington+House_IMG_8468.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Office and Studio: The plantation office where Robert E. Lee is believed to have written his resignation from the US Army early on April 20, 1861 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/96692c19-3b3d-419f-b56a-0fb44eb4d1f2/Page-01.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Following Custis's instructions, George Hadfield created Arlington as a memorial for George Washington: Custis brought from Mount Vernon an extensive collection of furniture and objects from the estate of George and Martha Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/261456bf-04b7-4c1b-859e-0c0f5faee80c/Arlington+House_IMG_8538.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Arlington House - From the garden looking to the front portico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/c6d20e80-9d1a-4227-87c7-10e6ccfc3753/Screen+Shot+2022-09-23+at+4.41.08+AM+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1800-1900 - Arlington House - Arlington Cemetery, VA Mary Anna Randolph Custis was born on October 1, 1807. She was the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis and Mary Fitzhugh Custis. Mary, who inherited Arlington, would marry Robert E. Lee in 1831. https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4 daily 1.0 2022-12-18 https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4/project-three-8zgh7-sdtng-lleaz monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/22165b6b-1768-446e-bca1-4e0cbce18adb/IMG_6876.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA The symmetrical Georgian design of Kenmore is characterized by two five-bay brick facades, a half-hipped roof, end chimneys, and a modillion. Kenmore's exterior laid in Flemish bond is austere and pristine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2db8b47e-e5d5-495e-9907-a6e1e630952b/Kenmore+Exterior_IMG_6863.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Kenmore: 1201 Washington Avenue in Fredericksburg, Virginia. At Kenmore, a roughly decade-long restoration began in 2001 to return the home to its historically accurate appearance, circa 1775. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/242ba2c7-5283-4f02-b4ae-e4b423494f63/Kenmore_IMG_6503.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Archway in the front entry: The house is presented in colors used by wealthy colonists - not only were the ingredients to produce these colors expensive, paint and wall coverings would have all been heavily taxed by England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fc93ccf9-165f-4f28-bb11-fd5be76abc7b/IMG_6504+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Kenmore first floor entry hall and staircase: The house has been restored inside by painstaking paint and wallpaper analysis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6ce52624-c80c-4c13-8082-049368b33acd/IMG_6517+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Dining Room: The scene above the fireplace in the dining room is of Aesop's Fable of "The Fox and the Crow." All plaster molding (fireplace mantles included) was either cast or carved in place. T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/922879c5-0937-4b7b-af2f-57e59d25bb43/IMG_6519.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA One of six Chippendale style mahogany dining room chairs with a matching arm chair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/50dea57d-e95e-4354-90f7-4d965d3b7258/Kenmore_IMG_6515.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Dining Room Ceiling: They have no idea who did the incredible plasterwork at Kenmore…they simply refer to him in various correspondence as the "Stucco Man." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9f910d25-4f4d-4f2e-8570-27ffdb3cc8d8/Kenmore_portraits.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Elizabeth "Betty" Washington Lewis: Born June 20, 1733. - the younger sister of George Washington and the only sister that survived childhood. Fielding Lewis: born on July 7, 1725, was a colonel in the American Revolution and the brother-in-law and second cousin of George Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d7e53be0-a46a-4224-8ed2-53b789167eb0/IMG_6525.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Drawing Room: Kenmore has been restored to its historically accurate prime of 1775. The same turquoise blue trim from the entry and dining room continued into the drawing room, with walls with hand-flocked wallpaper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4b6c26d4-99ef-4999-aad6-c7068de07c13/Screen+Shot+2022-10-15+at+2.39.17+AM.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Builder John Ariss: A builder responsible for designing and constructing several Virginia and Maryland buildings in the eighteenth century worked on Kenmore. For George Washington's brother Samuel Washington, Ariss built Harwood in 1770. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b6612f74-de6a-41fa-a52e-f27b643a23ce/Kenmore_IMG_6506.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Master Bedchamber: This is the room from which Betty Lewis ran the household, schooled the children, entertained friends, and spent many hours on chores and projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/3cbe6967-ba22-47ec-a9e3-fcc03ae595c7/Kenmore_IMG_6509.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Kenmore - Fredericksburg, VA Master Bedchamber Ceiling: Although the trends arrived in the American colonies a bit later than in Europe, and despite far fewer options for incorporating it into their homes, the colonial gentry tried to bring the same flare to their houses. https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4/project-three-8zgh7-sdtng-lleaz-3dttz monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/01ea9f42-d254-4574-abf6-76a6089c1d46/William+Paca+House_IMG_3143+-+winter+garden+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD The William Paca House Gardens: Painstakingly restored to its original form using details drawn from historic artwork and archaeological excavations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ac330da8-d9eb-416a-bae9-cdd272af009b/William+Paca+House+Interior_IMG_3172.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD Thomas Hall, who worked on the Chase-Lloyd House and Hammond-Harwood House with architect William Buckland, also worked on the William Paca Drawing Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1751b471-3fbe-4d69-a13a-b54041f22130/William+Paca+House_IMG_8962.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD The Study; Cutting edge at the time, a special scope used for images as well as other art and decor elements illustrated Paca's wealth and knowledge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6072a981-71bd-4fd4-b622-64f08595cd02/IMG_8951+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD A thriving shipping industry brought great wealth to 18th-century Annapolis and reflected the quality of life admired in England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6cf9bc14-89b4-46c3-9200-db3b7ed8812c/CW-Peale__william_paca.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD Portrait by Charles Willson Peale - William Paca completed his legal training in London. One of Maryland's four signers of the Declaration of Independence, Paca, served as governor from November 1783-August 1784. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/34f6e0a4-1473-489c-b8b8-a6be62119662/IMG_8977.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD The two-acre gardens of the William Paca House are a unique collaboration of efforts. The Summer House is a focal point that appeared in the 1772 Portrait of William Paca by Charles Willson Peale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fce13337-dcde-4e32-9f94-e67b0a69f1e4/William+Paca+House_IMG_8967+%281%29.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD Dining Room: The walls are wallpaper and then painted - a technique that gives a more uniform appearance and clear color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d50114d6-5de0-4817-a030-ace5213c3fd2/IMG_3206+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD Historic Annapolis worked with other preservationists to purchase and save the property. Museum-quality period furnishings, including Paca family silver and ceramics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9965b953-8c99-476c-aa9e-82937addc305/William+Paca+Master+BR+Tea+Table.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD The personal domain of Mary Lloyd Chew Paca where she ran the household made decisions and hosted vistors and guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2d86ff1d-e76f-4cdf-80d1-493ad2c7d848/William+Paca+House+Sitting+Rm+%281%29.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD Upstairs - Main bedroom: One of Prussian blue color's main ingredients, indigo - an extremely difficult and expensive to acquire at the time- became more available through new complicated trade routes in the southern hemisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/81d09d42-85fe-46fc-ae5f-13073d89767f/IMG_8965+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD The stair to the upper floors rises from the side of the central passage hallway, allowing for open circulation within the passage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ad1de190-76f1-4006-bad8-1801589fba81/William+Paca+House_IMG_8969+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD The interior plan of the house utilizes a central passage, which runs the full depth of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7399c203-e641-4e2d-9788-edee2cf3c678/William+Paca+House_IMG_8939_Garden+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD The William Paca House Gardens: Painstakingly restored to its original form using details drawn from historic artwork and archaeological excavations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/72677134-5570-4e83-96d1-d239bc1d2d32/IMG_0364+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD The William Paca House: Built between 1763 - 1765 is a five-part Palladian-form house in the heart of historic Annapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8f2ef06b-08c7-4edd-873e-3764fbe0041b/IMG_0334+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - William Paca House - Annapolis, MD The house uses a header bond brick exterior with a full-height basement. The fieldstone foundation is embellished with “galleting”—small colored stones embedded in the mortar. https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4/project-three-8zgh7-sdtng-lleaz-3dttz-adtl3 monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/72a50e20-a1fb-4c5a-a51f-54b990cc3cac/Hammond-Harwood+House+Annapolis%2C+MD+IMG_3332+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD Central Passage: Guests to the house would have entered here in the central passage. Depending on your social status and the purpose of your visit, you might be asked to take a seat here or be invited into the parlor or dining rooms at the back of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7d8824e1-fe49-47bd-a6b6-eaea85c34dde/HHH+Passage_IMG_8873.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD William Buckland used the Annapolis plan - the front door opens onto a central passage that does not run the full depth of the house. The stairs are moved from the central entrance to one side of the house. This allows for the creation of a larger room on the back of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7354d051-a669-45ff-8b82-766a4dcf9370/IMG_8897+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD Dining Room: The faux door to the right is open and shows the brick walls used for the house. The same Rococo influence can be seen in Buckman's designs for James Mason's Gunston Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/31f8fad5-c46c-456a-945a-a6790c4c98fe/Hammond-Harwood+House+Annapolis%2C+MD+IMG_3346+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD Dining Room: This room has the house's most elaborate wood and stucco decoration. The faux door to the right continues the symmetrical design of the era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/99526724-bba5-4fbb-bc0a-cdcde59bf9f5/Hammond-Harwood+House+Annapolis%2C+MD+IMG_3367+%281%29+-+Version+6.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD Ballroom/Withdrawing Room: After dining together, men might remain at the table to smoke while women retire to this room to pursue separate conversations - a transplanted English tradition. The room's scale allowed it to function as a ballroom as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/001670b9-3667-4730-b4ed-578c3c69607f/IMG_8912.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD The style of the Withdrawing Room/Ballroom is neoclassical - a simpler and more linear version of classicism than the Rococo detailed dining room. There is a faux door to the right to maintain the design symmetry of the fireplace wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/bf0f06ad-509a-4336-81bc-468758c5f1f7/HHH_IMG_8910+table+detail+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD Some of the furniture in the house is from renowned Annapolis cabinetmaker John Shaw (1745–1829). He was considered the foremost cabinetmaker in Annapolis during the late 18th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b2c3651c-ba35-4ea9-ba4d-9d94b0f5b5c6/HHH_IMG_8880+office.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD First Floor Study Chamber: Desk-and-bookcase attributed to John Shaw, Annapolis, Maryland, ca. 1797. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/43faf908-6050-4ce8-a5df-bcad061754a5/Hammond-Harwood+House+Annapolis%2C+MD+IMG_3359+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD Game Room: The sash windows looking onto the garden are a main feature of this room. Glass was very expensive and heavily taxed., After 1740, glass started coming from Philadelphia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1345f820-ebab-46d5-88bc-33491f1d5276/IMG_8885+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD Game Room: A feature of the English country house. "The brilliance of William Buckland lies in his ability to take a country house structure and recreate it in an urban setting with limited acreage." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/da631e72-66bd-447b-9681-8e0d985b67bc/Screen+Shot+2022-09-24+at+6.47.48+PM.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD The house was begun in 1774 for MATTHIAS HAMMOND, a wealthy planter who also served in the Maryland state legislature. The architect, British immigrant WILLIAM BUCKLAND, designed this house in the Anglo-Palladian style https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/078959dd-8d31-4134-a8d6-6e1c39387201/Hammond_Harwood+House+front+door+and+rail_IMG_3073+%281%29.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD Hammond-Harwood House - showing the gracefully curved railing detail and front door on the front facade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2884418f-5aa7-4539-9cae-9114a4eadbdb/IMG_3090+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD Front Door: The front door of Hammond-Harwood House by architect William Buckland makes an immediate impression. Oalled the "most beautiful doorway in America" by Thomas Jefferson - is all hand-carved wood and took great skill to execute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/202eb1f6-cf52-48c5-b0f2-2ca08f1a4357/Harmmond-Harwood+House+Rear+Facade_IMG_6593.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, MD The entire house is laid in a brickwork pattern called FLEMISH BOND: a stretcher (or long side of brick) alternates with a HEADER (the short side of a brick). Flemish bond was prized for both its beauty and the strength created by the interlocking bricks https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4/project-three-8zgh7-sdtng-lleaz-3dttz-adtl3-559r3 monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/fa5a4b6e-7cc0-494b-8e61-e0d32b0db38e/IMG_4711+-+Version+3+%281%29.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA The south porch is a very rare example of Gothic Chippendale design that was directly from England to Northern Virginia via the arrival of William Buckland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9c4d2940-28bd-4c74-ba30-aff9b6e0182d/Gunston+Hall+Stairs+1x1__IMG_4224+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA The stair brackets in the hallway are just one example of the exquisite carving in the public areas of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/25d2122a-8759-4703-8f44-638ca4a6b753/IMG_4692+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA The central passage is lined by six symmetrical Doric-style pilasters. The front of the hall is covered in wallpaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/abe3aaea-e37f-4514-bb9d-ebc8554f0a8a/Gunston+Hall+Dining+Room_+5-14-22_IMG_4243+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA The public spaces were meant to impress visitors with the latest styles arriving from Britain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b5e49c37-421a-4abc-b6c9-bb7ddfcf18d8/Gunston+Hall+Dining+Room+1x1__IMG_4259.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA While chinoiserie was popular in Britain in the early 18th century, it was virtually unknown in America when Gunston Hall was built and the dining room is the earliest example of this style in Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ceab36ea-f7d5-470e-acc1-953df6a6ba7f/Gunston+Hall+Sitting+1x1_IMG_4221+-+Version+8.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA The formal, Palladian-style room in Gunston Hall features rococo woodwork. Two gifted English indentured servants, carpenter and joiner William Buckland and master carver William Bernard Sears, were responsible for the interior work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0c4e4c6b-0971-4157-adca-60434704c058/Gunston+Hall+Drawing+Room_5-14-22_IMG_4264+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA Gunston Hall is one of America's most important examples of Georgian architecture. Built c. 1755-59, the house is noted especially for its remarkable interior woodwork by William Buckland. After passing through several owners, Gunston Hall is restored to the period of Masons' residency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f0ab7cec-9289-48b8-b7d1-5e533c904d65/Gunston+Hall+Office+1x1__IMG_4283_02+-+Version+6.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA The little parlor was private and decorated plainly. The walls were painted a neutral grey. Above the fireplace is a split pediment overmantel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4fecb470-e152-4ad9-886e-6d9530f0da64/IMG_4279+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA On either side of the fireplace are deep-shelved beaufats (niches) to store and display the tableware, with doors to secure valuable possessions. The desk belonged to George Mason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ca9e2eba-5ed6-4c8b-8f97-18ba5807e7ca/Gunston+Hall+Master+Bed+Chamber_1x1_IMG_4228+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA Toward the end of Mason's life, this primary bed chamber was painted in high gloss emerald green, an on-trend color technique for the time that spread through the colonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7b93dda9-28cd-4c1a-b051-f54c27c20e8e/IMG_4720.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA The Masons both envisioned and achieved a unity of house and gardens that was characteristic of classical English estates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/29be2315-11a1-4141-87ce-81337c8d88eb/Gunston+Hall+facade+1x1_IMG_1285.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA Gunston Hall is one of the most important examples of Georgian architecture in America. Built c. 1755-59, the house is noted especially for its unexcelled interior woodwork by William Buckland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/3dabfcc3-d931-48a9-98dc-cfb4038a6c7d/Screen+Shot+2022-09-24+at+6.41.58+AM.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA This elevation shows both the north and south porticos designed by William Buckland for Gunston Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/745660f8-74e4-4abc-95d0-abf3dd5b6e3c/Page-01+copy+%281%29.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Gunston Hall - Mason Neck, VA Gunston Hall Central Passage elevations https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4/project-three-8zgh7-sdtng-lleaz-3dttz-adtl3-559r3-ncrxx monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/3612f1e7-0bfc-4430-a5aa-cfb11f4229dd/Mount+Vernon_mansion_08+-+Version+8.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Palladian Window: Doric pilasters divide the three-part window; the pilasters are paneled much like the piers on the east elevation's piazza. The window features a broken pediment with three "voussoirs" over the central portion of the exterior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/c2ce66e0-6c3d-4384-bd48-8491e957642b/Mount+Vernon+Breezeway_+IMG_4460+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Rustication: A manner of treating the exterior of a wooden building to make it appear as if it is made of stone. The effect is achieved by cutting and beveling the wooden siding boards (at Mount Vernon, the boards are made of pine) at regular intervals to simulate stone blocks and by applying sand to the surface to imitate the rough texture of stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/cf607538-07fa-467e-932e-080f1f91dd90/IMG_0432+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA The design of the Venetian window is based on the English pattern book: Batty Langley's The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs (1740) - a popular architectural source in the colonies with gentlemen builders such as Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/1b576034-918a-4be6-b907-4b8393cef438/2.+Mount+Vernon+Banquet+Room_IMG_5446+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA New Room: Friend Samuel Vaughan, newly emigrated from London, advised Washington about the latest developments in Robert Adam's designs. Vaughan gifted Washington the beautiful Adam-inspired fireplace used in the New Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/30fe5952-79b0-42a1-9e12-df49361e9b79/IMG_4404+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA The Plaster Ceiling: Highly skilled stucco worker and plasterer John Rawlins designed the plaster ornament in the New Room. He signed a contract with Washington on February 25, 1786 and finished July of 1787. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/c3080e01-1af7-4b7c-b00a-e7a7682f8419/IMG_6304+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA New Room: The Adam-style marble mantlepiece was presented in 1784 to George Washington by friend and advisor Samuel Vaughan and placed prominently in the New Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/467e15b3-88fa-440c-873a-3888a3a65f7b/IMG_0435+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Front Parlor: Viewed from the New Room. This was the domain of Martha Washington for entertaining visitors and guests. The Wilton carpet was ordered in 1797 via Philadelphia. In 1785 the ceiling design was changed by John Rawlins to match what he did for the New Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/662b0323-4bb1-443a-87bd-6fd0a16e6b04/IMG_0460+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA The Front Parlor: When the New Room was completed, the Front Parlor was changed so that it and the Central Passage could act as an entry to the New Room. Both were painted a new stone paint color, and a new Front Parlor doorway was added to open into the New Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/227b81a7-b847-4957-8fde-c91958037278/5.+Mount+Vernon+Parlor_IIMG_4418+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA The Front Parlor: In the summer, slip covers were put on to help protect the very expensive silk and Saxon blue worsted wool upholstery. The furniture was acquired by Washington through a friend from neighboring Belvoir Plantation, George William and Sally Fairfax, before departing Virginia to return to England in 1774. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9f1e125a-f748-44fe-a42d-8fdb1a1426a0/IMG_0457+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Central Passage: The Central Passage runs the width of the house. The black-walnut staircase was added in the 1758-1759 expansion of Mount Vernon - Washington added the french wallpaper in the 1790s along with painting to match the Front Parlor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8506bf6e-2853-4730-b903-f6624aa64c25/7.+Mount+Vernon+Dining+Room_IMG_5466.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA The Dining Room: Part of the original house was built in 1734. Previously red, in 1785, adapting the "mode" arriving from London - the verdigris-green paint was added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0f024c41-7209-4fda-90e4-f57b80e2c9bd/IMG_7769+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Dining Room Ceiling: In 1775, Washington hired an expert plasterer for the ceiling and mantle detail, identified simply as the "Stucco Man," who came from working on Kenmore in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It took five months to complete the hand-tooled ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7b1f2fab-35a0-44e5-a93d-4dbddc89800b/9.+Mount+Vernon+Little+Parlor_IMG_5449.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Little Parlor: The new curation of 1796-1799 features the addition of wallpaper. This room had previously been a guest room. The harpsichord brought music to Mount Vernon and added to George and Martha Washington's life and their hospitality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ad1215d8-a292-40fb-81c0-f05c1d46cf59/8.+Mount+Vernon+Library_IMG_4449.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Study: Directly beneath the bedroom of George and Martha with its own stairs - Washington had about 900 books in his library. The Study, a very private space, was where Washington managed the estate and his extensive correspondence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/65f1bc6a-bc93-4832-b94e-ebdc45284806/10.+Mount+Vernon+Guest+Room_IMG_4431+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Chintz Room: The Chintz Room was one of the finest of the six primary bed chambers at Mount Vernon. It was located on the second floor in the southwest corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/9b4ffd00-e0e2-4741-b44f-1099771b01e9/Mount+Vernon_gardens_04+-+Version+8.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Lower Garden: Martha Washington oversaw the kitchen garden (Lower Garden), allowing her to keep fruits and vegetables on the table year-round.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7f2de44b-c59a-4b2c-90d7-8a75c1e8fa69/Mount+Vernon+Kitchen+Garden_IMG_1316.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Upper Garden: Washington finished enclosing the walls of the Upper Garden in 1776. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4f072f64-a819-451d-a2cf-9813f544bd8e/IMG_0420+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Upper Garden: One of two formal boxwood parterres. The greenhouse is the Upper Garden's architectural centerpiece and contains more exotic plants, including lemon and orange trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/46141370-0746-4c35-87af-f9a3acac78ba/Mount+Vernon_gardens_05.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA Greenhouse: Completed in 1787— the Greenhouse allowed Washington to grow tropical and semitropical plants. Lemon and orange trees and sago palms grew here. Unfortunately, Washington's Greenhouse burned in 1835 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/355f702f-831b-4601-a0de-62eed3205854/IMG_8310+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA West Gate: View from the 18th century visitor's approach to Mount Vernon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/980e5a10-1134-434e-a8cc-1dd72a06068a/Mount+Vernon_mansion_05.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Mount Vernon - Fairfax County, VA The two-story piazza is the Mansion's most distinctive architectural feature. The Washingtons treated the piazza, fitted with Windsor chairs, as an outdoor room. https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4/project-three-8zgh7-sdtng-lleaz-3dttz-adtl3-559r3-ncrxx-bfnbr monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/83868bc6-af53-46d8-b80c-db2cdf0c833a/Belair+Mansion-Maryland_7299_Exterior.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Belair Mansion, Bowie, Maryland: Built circa 1745 for three term Provincial Governor Samuel Ogle and his wife, Anne Tasker Ogle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5163c3af-73f7-4ad0-bc48-87d5ee0c7ceb/Belair+Mansion-Maryland_7399_Exterior+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Belair Mansion, Bowie, Maryland: Garden facade - Belair eventually became one of the homes of William Woodward and William Woodward Jr. (1898-1955) noted American horsemen of the 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/af37f16e-433b-4bab-965c-21f931f21925/Belair+Mansion-Maryland__7177_Interior+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Front Entry Stair Hall: The front entry remains the closest to the original design from the c. 1745 building of the central block of Belair built by Samuel Ogle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2415927b-f4c3-4384-bdf1-e8b35920ba6a/Belair+Mansion-Maryland__7200_Interior.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Front Entry Stair Hall: In 1740, Ogle was dispatched to England and given "the task of supervising the construction of a new house at Belair." In 1747, Ogle returned to Maryland with his new bride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/67e2bb0f-72b8-4789-a877-731f4d3f09f9/Belair+Mansion-Maryland_7134_Interior.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Dining Room: Belair Mansion, c. 1820 under son Benjamin Ogles remodeling of Belair, from what was a parlor becomes the dining room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8b9e5297-1fc4-4b66-a084-fdab3ffe129f/IMG_7163+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Benjamin Ogle, son of Samuel Ogle, became a friend of George Washington, whose presidential records show he dined at Belair on October 1, 1773, and that Washington frequently sought Ogle's advice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/25be3d82-cd4e-4d67-9776-1e85cfc91ae2/Belair+Mansion-Maryland__7148_Interior+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD The Reception Hall: The collections of Belair are enhanced through loan agreements with generous family descendants and museums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/db8baf0a-dbee-440a-b717-a5550ce74f5c/Belair+Mansion-Maryland__7280_interior+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Belair stood at the center of Samuel Ogle's 7,000-acre plantation. In 1747, Ogle introduced thoroughbred racing to America when he brought two thoroughbred racehorses over with him from England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/53b34ab2-70b4-447c-9fe8-1e342a1cec08/Belair+Mansion-Maryland__7263_Maryland+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD The bedroom of Rosalie Caroline Ogle contains the most extensive collection of Ogle family Belair furnishings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a31322d7-e3ed-47fa-89fc-af817fc0264c/Belair+Mansion-Maryland__7258_Maryland.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Bedroom of Rosalie Caroline Ogle: The youngest third generation daughter. This room reflects her possessions from 1850-1871. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d8f98856-5379-40a0-8ed3-e51a446c5969/Screen+Shot+2022-11-15+at+4.21.16+PM.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Ann Tasker (1723-1817), the considerably younger wife to Samuel Ogle (1694-1752), Colonial Governor of Maryland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/decc1274-1f6a-44f1-bcab-fe02d52a503c/Belair+Mansion-Maryland_7243_Exterior+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD This bedroom at Belair is based on a 1763 probate inventory that faces the garden side and contains writings of Governor Samuel Ogle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/91ce7f2c-80e0-451f-963e-6763d6aae386/Belair+Mansion-Maryland_7234_Interior.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD The second-floor bedrooms are based on the third generation of Ogles with fourteen children. This large room is the bedroom of Benjamin Ogle II and his wife, Anna Maria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/10ec6fb5-8413-4775-bb71-b1b1e38d58a9/Belair+Mansion-Maryland__7226_Interior+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD The landing shows the Woodward family's passion for horses with equestrian details to additions they made while expanding Belair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ea69935f-3572-4809-b706-1fc14ee6ed6c/IMG_7270+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD Belair Stairwell: The Woodward c. 1914 renovations to Belair changed the direction of the stairs. The last generation of Woodward ownership was in the 1950s. William Woodard III would continue to curate the mansion and further develop Belair Stud and Farm to its peak performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4950b734-ea6a-44fe-8251-ecfa0389caf5/IMG_0378+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD The Woodward family took the Belair mansion to include the Belair Stud and Farm - and took Belair to an international level of racing success with some of the top horses in American racing history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7eb4e9ac-192f-4260-889c-347df59a669a/oyster-bay-long-island-new-york-woodwards-and-nashua-a-news-photo-1666372846.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD William Woodward Jr. with Nashua and his wife Ann Woodward - the last Woodward family member to own Belair. Ann shot William in 1955 in their weekend home in Long Island and was able to get the charges dismissed. However, the sensational story and Ann became a thinly disguised story of Ann, high society, and murder in Truman Capote's 1975 book "Answered Prayers." The German emigrant burglar, who had been working in the area for weeks, confessed to the break-in that caused Ann Woodward to shoot her husband in the dark, hearing what she thought was an intruder. However, the story as a murder stuck. Ann committed suicide when Compote's book was published. The two Woodward sons would subsequently follow their mother's suicide, ending the brutal cycle of alternative information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ba29db23-a21a-41d9-9e31-ac8cc9203912/IMG_0398.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Belair Mansion - Bowie, MD The Woodward family sold Belair and the stables after the 1955 shooting death of William Woodward Jr. Today, the mansion, located at 12207 Tulip Grove Drive in Bowie, Maryland, is owned by the City of Bowie and functions as a museum, along with the nearby Belair Stable Museum. Both the mansion and stables are listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places. https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4/project-three-8zgh7-sdtng-lleaz-3dttz-adtl3-559r3-ncrxx-lpbwf monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/598b3a87-9b08-4430-8a11-a32b0f3f5da7/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IMG_7427.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD William Buckland: The addition of the architectural hyphens and the refined interior detailing of Montpelier is credited as the work of William Buckland. Other covered Buckland architecture includes Gunston Hall and the Hammond-Harwood House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/16305afd-73db-4548-8310-6f7bfa9c58f9/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IMG_7457+-+Version+7+%281%29.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Buckland's distinctive styling and specific knowledge of the latest English styles (Georgian, Palladian-influenced, Adamesque) identify his work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/4ec7b565-4c2b-494e-bc60-99258564fadd/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IMG_7694.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Snowden-Long House: Officially known as the Snowden-Long House. It's notable not just for its age and historical value but for the many detailed architectural elements that are part of the exterior and interior of Montpelier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d2b9c60a-5732-4e4c-9a19-e46692818482/Montpelier+Mansion+Exterior_IIMG_7482+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD The center hall runs from front to back and is unobstructed by the stairway. The hall is adorned with a plaster entablature similar to that found at Mount Vernon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/dc6d5c36-d4c7-4bcd-a487-cf858b15e8a8/Montpelier+Mansion+Interiors_IMG_7538+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Major Thomas Snowden organized the talent to create the beautiful interior woodwork we see today. The carving may have been done by an indentured woodcarver sent to Snowden by George Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7a8ac001-3182-4ce5-bfba-b1409d60d46d/Montpelier%2C+MD+dining+room+cabinet_IMG_1129.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Dining Room: The dining room has the most elaborate moldings and beautifully executed Corinthian columns—As the most prominent space for entertaining where the family's hospitality is most visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f4a1b07b-aaa1-42e1-b9d6-004fee439b0d/Montpelier%2C+MD_IMG_1102+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Second-Floor Bed Chamber: A simpler cornice and chair rail from those in the more formal downstairs—this room features a hidden paneled door leading to the service stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7c5b76d8-4046-4f5e-b79c-c6469526a60e/Montpelier+Mansion+Interiors_IMG_7515.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Montpelier hosted an assortment of guests, friends, and family that would evolve with the time of year and the weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0ac5f56c-d2dd-4c2e-9ecb-6e7b96328c68/Montpelier+Mansion+Interiors_IMG_7542+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD George Washington stopped on his way to and after returning from the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Here, Abigail Adams rested on a journey between Baltimore and Washington, DC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/23005d64-e7ce-4014-a6c3-4cc724203677/Montpelier+Mansion+Garden_IMG_7652+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Montpelier is surrounded by lush evergreens and 200-year-old boxwoods, including a picket-fenced colonial revival herb and flower garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/87492cde-c0c1-4b22-9724-044378e92294/Montpelier+Mansion+Garden_IMG_7671+-+Version+5.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD The Montpelier gardens include the original 18th-century summerhouse and over 70 acres of fields and wooded paths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e5fc4a3e-85fe-4155-8258-2f94c0fc5f73/Montpelier+Mansion+Garden_IMG_7669.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Monpelier Colonial Revival Garden: Today, Montpelier features a picket-fenced colonial revival herb and flower garden with pathways covered in oyster shells and brick-lined edging detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6f9ff68e-51ab-4d0d-820c-d83e33da45ee/Montpelier+Mansion+Pavillion_IMG_7604.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD The Summer House is a rare existing hexagonal structure with a shingle roof, shiplap siding, and a cupola. The original structure was built in c. 1793. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/59df68d0-63d1-420a-a8ea-9efa4f9b975a/Montpelier+Mansion+Landscape_IMG_7709.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Part of the experience of Montpelier is the large expanse of 70 acres creating a setting that conveys the experience of past and present - an oasis of tranquility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ddd6e3d6-e574-43f9-af7e-0590da0d6fa5/Montpelier+Mansion+elevation+-+floor+plan.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Montpelier - Laurel, MD Montpelier Mansion: The centerpiece of Montpelier is a large, two-and-a-half-story, Flemish bond brick structure measuring 46 x 40 feet and sitting on a raised basement. https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4/project-three-8zgh7-sdtng-lleaz-3dttz-adtl3-559r3-ncrxx-ml2nf monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/2d72d723-84a0-4c28-87da-ee7704b946cb/IMG_4780.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA Govornor's Palace: Construction of the Governor's Palace began after Governor Edward Nott received authorization from the General Assembly on Oct. 23, 1705. Contractor Henry Cary was instructed to erect a two-story brick house with sash windows, a cellar, a vault, a kitchen, and a stable, on 63 acres of land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5223d3ac-a8ed-48a9-a4d9-0da650c99ddc/02_Williamsburg+nov+2014+%281%29+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA Entrance Hall: This room is recorded as completed in October of 1711. Then Governor Spotswood decorated it with a display of bayonet-tipped muskets. Colonial Williamsburg changed their original presentation of American walnut paneling to a white painted paneling in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/6788b07f-7b8e-4cd2-9f29-38ff2f0d43f5/2019-08-16+21.20.59+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA The decision to paint is based on a reevaluation of archaeological evidence. The floor of this "vestibule to the Palace" is of white Purbeck, alternating with black Belgian marble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/47a7ec00-98c3-400d-933a-a0f50e0642d1/IMG_5927+-+Version+4+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA The Parlor: The treatment was intended to recall the trends in rooms of England early in the eighteenth century. Virginia, as a colony of England, strived to keep in step with the trends and architecture of London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/47157489-cb5f-4555-a190-88f5b88aebb6/Governor%27s+Palace+Dining+Rm+8-16-19.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA Dining Room: How the room was used varied as to what was needed. This presentation shows the room used for a meeting. This is one of the outstanding examples of reconstructed paneling in the Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8fa8461c-c765-4e99-a06c-e9b786bcde0a/williamsburg%2C+va_jan+2010_h3++1359+-+Version+2+-+Version+2+%282%29.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA Ballroom: The large Prussian blue Ballroom in the Governor's Palace opens to the Supper Room. Both were added to the palace in 1752, following the new fashion among English aristocrats to build unique rooms onto their houses dedicated to dancing and socializing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/e4d6768e-f7f9-4927-ad6c-97a791fd8788/2019-08-16+21.36.51.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA Ballroom: The carpeting is inspired by a 1770 detailed inventory that had been prepared after the death of Lord Botetourt, Virginia's royal governor. It is indicated as rolled up on the third floor. These rooms are interpreted as used by the last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, 1771–1775. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0c9d2b5f-b8a3-47b1-9f2c-40c6401f5118/IMG_3707.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA Supper Room: The adjoining Supper Room features Chinese-inspired woodwork, "Green verditer" walls, and patterned wool carpet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/eb5e1dfd-93f6-4b88-aeda-59521de13080/williamsburg%2C+va_jan+2010_v3++1375+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA The Supper Room and the Ballroom have papered walls painted to get a more brilliant effect rather than painting directly on the walls - and finished with narrow gold paper-maché borders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/ad92a78c-f5a5-4df4-bc50-f5058910b1d2/IMG_5941+-+Version+4+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA The largest bedroom was used as a state guest bedroom for important guests or as a bedroom for the family. The bedhangings use 42 yards of fabric and 50 yards of fringe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/34304319-77a6-4c67-9a1f-3b761e6fe97e/05_Williamsburg+nov+2014+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA Upper Middle Room: Lord Botetourt's audience room, where he met with people. Lady Dunmore used this as her dressing/sitting room in Lord Dunmore's household. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/5eb4fedb-5a87-4fd1-b12b-fee3f0230a60/IMG_7139+-+Version+2+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA The gardens at the Governor's Palace draw influence from Dutch gardens in Holland blended with English garden fashion. They make extensive use of clipped hedges and rectangular parterres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0065b984-84c9-4d9c-8d5a-743d8b64d40a/IMG_7134+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA The formal gardens on the Governor's Palace grounds are part of the 90-acres of greens and gardens throughout Colonial Williamsburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/79a8b3bc-7d97-4b03-a215-88aa20225394/7.+Williamsburg+11-1-21.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA The north end of the formal gardens with open spaces beyond that is part of the long vista from the Governor's Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/504dadb8-9bc3-4190-a49e-e58057920538/1.+Colonial+Williamsburg+1-01-21.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA Looking from the formal gardens toward the Governor's Palace kitchen complex of buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a74c1b36-dab5-4dbf-9b7b-c31bc3e3d2ed/Bodleian_Plate+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Governor's Palace - Williamsburg, VA The 1755 Bodleian Plate is a copperplate depicting the Governor's Palace and several colonial buildings of eighteenth-century Williamsburg, Virginia https://www.bdearmond.com/portfolio-2-4/project-three-8zgh7-sdtng-lleaz-3dttz-adtl3-559r3-ncrxx-lpbwf-3f3x3 monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/99e5aa8d-366a-45aa-ac3f-6ccb61ae7414/IMG_5751+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Governor William Tryon brought English architect John Hawks to design an official Royal Governor's facility with him when he came to North Carolina in 1764. Hawks designed the Palace in the Georgian style of fashionable country houses of that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/05bd9488-376e-4cf1-900d-60ccb414435c/IMG_5778+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Tryon Palace Entry Hall: Tryon Palace was completed in 1770. A lot of design is pulled directly from the fine homes of London and the country. The house reflects Georgian architecture, interiors, and their passion for classical elements and symmetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/7334ade8-9830-4e67-9c13-882b79d578cb/IMG_5779+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Architect John Hawks agreed to supervise the construction for three years - the costs were triple of what was originally approved by the North Carolina legislature. Tryon is shown now it was when Governor Tryon lived there in 1770. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/61d91401-448c-496f-8ff2-ab58961b6759/IMG_5786+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Tryon Palace Council Chamber: Governor Hawks petitioned the King to supply funds to furnish the completed Palace. Unfortunately for Hawks, the King did not want to create a president, and Hawks paid himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/935572c4-b2f9-4e20-8efa-c15d0457237d/IMG_5787+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC First Floor Formal Drawing Room: Formal tea was served in the Drawing Room. The first floor combined public, social, and administrative duties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/15b3e311-30da-499c-ad90-74fbc07c7061/IMG_5797+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC During the Revolution, the Assembly decided New Bern was no longer an appropriate place for the capital. The town was not centrally located and was vulnerable to sea attacks. Finally, in 1791, the Assembly decided to place the capital in Wake County, naming the proposed town "Raleigh" after Sir Walter Raleigh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/066de676-6b0e-400f-bc17-bb3d4041b20e/IMG_5796+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Dining Room: The Palace received a George Washington in 1791 when he stopped in New Bern on his southern tour. At the Palace, Washington was entertained at a banquet and ball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b660d51b-3657-4fad-8631-8138ded07a16/Tyron+-+Governor%27s+Palace+NC_Cantilevered+Stairs.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Grand Staircase: Cantaleviered mahogany Grand Staircase - a costly focal point illustrating the extravagant cost that created the "Palace" nickname and required the Governor to raise taxes to pay for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/a7cc703c-3ce7-4164-96d3-7722de47ce07/IMG_5811+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Second Floor Drawing Room: The second floor was the private residence of the Governor's family. Governor Tryon made a detailed inventory of his possessions, which assisted in curating the furnishings for the home to reflect 1770 the Palace is shown. Josiah Martin, Tryon's successor as governor of North Carolina, took up residence in the palace on 11 Aug. 1771. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/3a053aa4-054d-46fc-8001-226e09782191/IMG_5807+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC The Governor's family lived here for only 13 months before being reassigned as Governor to the colony of New York. Subsequently, he lost the majority of his personal effects and papers in a fire at his New York residence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b6c3b906-e1ea-443b-b83d-34a294eb5ca0/IMG_5764+%281%29.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC The palace garden is 16 acres of grounds, representing three centuries of landscape and gardening heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/b9457c15-60e8-4a42-a5b7-2884387e45c2/IMG_5758+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC A garden plan by Palace architect John Hawks given to Venezuelan traveler Francisco de Miranda visiting New Bern in 1783, was discovered in 1991. This plan shows a strong French influence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/8a4813ae-fa0c-4a3c-8012-95fab18e9ff1/IMG_5849+-+Version+4.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Two maps of New Bern drawn by Claude J. Sauthier in 1769, when the Palace was still under construction, reveal two different garden plans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/0820b5d9-a19e-4546-a289-00c1240b1c84/IMG_5843+-+Version+3.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC The gardens now include an area filled with diverse riparian plants native to coastal North Carolina river edges. These survive both in flood and drought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/d0047ba6-0b75-4cbb-b333-053b4004c34c/Screen+Shot+2022-11-17+at+5.20.27+AM+-+Version+2.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Architect John Hawk's elevation of the Governor's House, New Bern, North Carolina - On January 9, 1767, Hawks and Governor William Tryon signed a contract. When an intense hurricane struck New Bern in September 1769, two-thirds of the buildings in the city were lost, but the Palace, still under construction, survived the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/088c3e8a-e5b5-4418-8229-4cedf5834d3b/Screen+Shot+2022-11-17+at+5.17.13+AM.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC John Hawks' first-floor layout for the floorplan of the Governor's House - Tryon staged a grand gala to celebrate the official opening of the Palace on December 5, 1770. However, the extravagance of the Palace and the taxes levied to pay for its construction further inflamed many backcountry residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6274212c3291485fc28b5564/f9ea5b0a-3a32-4840-bf38-67ecd50ec61f/Governor+and+Lady+Tryon.jpg Impressions c. 1700-1800 - Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC Governor and Lady Tryon