The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13
bUSBEE HOME
WILL CD SOON
Well Known Landmark and
Relic OF Old Raleigh to Be
Torn Down

Raleigh is ahout to hose sue ~ it,
vel known landmarks During the
last week. for the first tsrne .u a hun
dred years. the tsre was ont ia tAe
Kitchen stove. the house vas eu4pfy.
and the hand Il the destroyer was
raised against it In a short ~aii~
the "lc bu>hce home. the home ~
that family for three generations VIII
give way To the advance ~ business
and the lot Viii hc turned over TO
the uses of trade.
In 1898 the house Was hullt. or
rather tne TWO front rooms upstairs
and downstairs. Judge Potter wes
the builder. Since that time. il has
changed hands hut once. That Was
in 1878 when IL came by purchase lnto
the hands Of James +. Taylor. In
whose family il has since remained.
From time To tirac additions have
been made To the house. Now. Il
stands or the corner Of Harrctt and
Salisbury streets, Struggled closely in
a mass of s~hrubherY, chnging vines.
with IA picket fence encircling IL.
Venerable il Is. q relief Of the past.
standing In mute. passive ref0o1-
strauCe against the nroadS Of asphalt
paving, glaring electric signs. Scrleth-
ing street cars. and ceascicss hons ~
automobiles. 1t points back To The
time when Raleigh was a village.
proud of its big families. dieulned in
its culture, and conservatism. Tho
lowers and ~greenery the quiet wind
ing walks, the old picket fence. even.
hurl defiance upon defiance ut the
spic and span front yards. at the care
fully kept sidewalks. at the t~reeless
streets. But it is a useless defiance.
Vulgar trade has placed its eyes upon
the spot. III for commercial pur-
poses is the dictum. 1t il enough. the
house must go.
Much of the history Of Raleigh,
and sideliGhts of history. have cen
tered about this house. Here many
of the distinguished men and women
of the past century have been enter
tanned. Courtly speech, charming
grace, and the lingering sriendour Of
the Old South held sway in this castle
until they were memories. Henry
Clay was entertained here upon a
visit to the city. Here he was fetcd
and in those walls the pride Of old
- Raleigh fingered upon the words oi
!, the matChless orator and the states
, man. And there were others, cclehrl-
[ les Of the South and of the North
+, who came and were greeted with the
! hospitality of the place.
But the house itself. the dwelling
! IS not all. on the corner is the one
i. room law office. Supreme gu room
, studio. and school. 1t has been al
nd ana IL HIS SttI Il8SNotN ifAt
, and has been a part Of il. Erected
) rs the law Office of Judge William
, CASTOR. il wa used as the Soprem'
8 court room of North Carolina durinl
i the time while the state House wa.
undergoing erection following tn
s burning Of the old one. Here Jude'
CASTOR wrote the odd North State,
! md il was here that he died.
Nh. Jacques Bushee. artist an
. writer who Wit n men and with brHEi
!, las done much to bring the Easter
q cast Of North Carolina into promi
hence. is one of the third generatio
II o be born in this house. Hattera'
I the life savers. and The shore fol
= have been his themes. But he Ia
= The sentiment for Raleigh. and foclin
!" cor the place that has been the ON
If his life. And now ii must 20.
4 And to think" s2y Mr.. Busbe'
. for The first time in a hundred year
he fire in the kitchen stove Is out