The Washington herald., 1914-04-09
HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA
MANSION PURCHASED
carlyle House. Bought BY Robert S.
Barrett. 70 Be Used as
Museum.
10 RAzE BRADDock HOUSE

A1exandria, Va. April s-With the
4 sale Of fhe Carlyle House by the Wagar
Land Company. of Washington to
Robert s. Barrett, editor OF the Alex
au<3Fia Gazette. which deal was con-
sunifhafsd today through Monroe 4
Marbsry. real estate dealers. was
Transferred one OF the most historic
nieces Of property in the United states.
Nr. Barrett has organized stock
company, which win take over the
property. II will be converted into q
museum Of history. The purchase price
was $4,000.
Included in the transfer is not only
the CARLYLE House. but also goodly
nortfon Of the. old Braddock House,
which stands in front of the CARLYLE
House. ehstructing the view of the
CARLYLE House The transaction in
Guides 81 feet Of ground on Fairfax
street. running east to Lee street
distance OF $40 feet, with a frontage
Of % feet on Lee street. That portion
Of the Braddock House at the south
east corner of Fairfax and Cameron
streets is retained by the Wagar Land
Company. This company will convert
1t into a hotel with fifty rooms. which
win cost s25.00o. Plans for the hotel
have already been prepared. accord
ing to H. R. Wager, vice president OF
the company.
In restoring the Carlyle House, Mr..
Barrett and his associates in the enter
prise intend to make it a most attract
i've place for the thousands OF tourists
who annually visit Mount Vernon, many
Of whom stop ever in Alexandria TO
view the various points of historic in
terest.
Historical events that took place in
the building will be reproduced in
wax figures. Among the scenes to be
reproduced are the conference OF the five
colonial governors-Dinwiddie, BENJAMIN
Franklin. Sharpe, Delaney, and Morris.
in I775, when Gen. Braddock and George |
Washington appeared before them and |
discussed the scheme for colonial tax
alton which brought on the reVoluloh |
some years afterward.
Others 10 he reproduced include George |
washington receiving his commission In
the colonial army; Washingtons frst
sweetheart whom he wooed in the Car
lyle House: the reception to the Marquis
de Lafayette. and representation OF Ia
nous Americans who visited the house in
colonial times.
In the basement will be reproduced MIS-
toric scenes that occurred in other parts
Of Alexandra. including the killing of
EAsworth BY jackson. at the outbreak OF
the civil war which occurred at the
Marshall House: Gen. Robert E. Lee de-
Gliding to resign his commission in the
United States and other events connect
ed with the history of the city.
-'chauber of horrors will be installed in
the dungeons under the old fort upon
which the building stands ,
When the old Braddock House is de- s
molished the Carlyle House will stand out I
In bold relief The grounds surrounding {
Il viii be beautiied with a lawn, and I
there will be an iron bridge from the 5
Fairfax street side as the entrance to :
the place. Ii
In the year I745 the Carlyle House was :
erected by John Carlyle He came here
as collector of customs under the crown, :
and first settled at DUmfries, Va He
married Sarah Fairfax a daughter OF .
William Fairfax, of Belair. and was one
Of the original trustees named in the
charter OF the city
For many years Carlyle House has
,een rapidly going to decay. It is a
ource of qualification not only to Alex
ndrians but all interested in historical
vents in every section of the country u
hat the place is to be restored and will II
ereafter be kept in first class condition.
The old Braddock House for many I
ears has been used for hotel purposes
n recent years. however, il was used
s a tenement house. For several months
asst it has been unoccupied. r