Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-09


meu1arion uf II WAS csuied fnr the
additions ar else fts urnzxauurxtiun.
originally different, was made like
that ef the new
There were IN the old part fuur
chambers rae southeast, called a.rrer
me chamber set IN II The Ash
hnom, the southwest called frum
Its coiur plan .',he Hue Room" rie
nnr-neaEt "Aunt SuRan.s Raom-' fur
Mrs Riaine1s sister, Susan Stanwuud
who lived with them fnr q number uf
Warts; the chamber next west called
Alice S Room" after the daughter
Aiire, vino nHcame the wife OF Co
lunel C0ppInge- The next room on
the west was the chamber mafie up
Of part OF the old house and of part
OF the connection, between the Old
and the new part, and called frurn
i1s peculiar style Of rnuf and walls
The Irregular Room" IN the
changes recently made this ronm has
been done away with
The room IF Nh. and Mrs. Blaine
was IN the new part over the libra
~" President Grant occupied this
IBDII curing Ills VlSlL
That pa-1 Of the hau upstairs be-
tween the front wall of the hpuse
and the doors into the front cham
hers was separated from the rest Of
the hall by an arch This space was
known in the family as the arch
way" When Governor Hill occupied
the house this space was made iurn
q bathroom. This has now been re-
moved and the hall left as II was orig
inEliy except that the arch was NOT
put back and the doors inrD the front
chambers have been moved further
toward the front wall. The effect Of
the window al the end Of the hail Is
very fine.
Mr. Blaine's son, lanes g., Jr., his
daughter Mrs Margaret Elaine
Danrnsch. and granddaughter, Mar
garet BlGEs Dumrnsch II were born
in the Ash Room" his granddauEh-
Ter. Anita Elaine Damrcsch IN Mrs.
Blaines room MS daughter, Harriet
Beale and her sou. Walker, IN wnuse
memory Mrs. Beale gave the house 10
the State, We're born IN the Blue
Room"
John F Hill occupied the house
from MAY. 1897 until ne moved into
his new residence in December, lso..
near the close Of the second year OF
mis- first term as Governor. The house
mas therefore already been the CUB
ernatoriM residence.
When President Roosevelt came 10
Augusta Tuesday evening, aug 26,
1902, ne was entertained by Gov
eI-nDT Hill.
The two rooms over the Library
and Billiard room were then suite
and President Roosevelt occupied
these. his chamber being the one over
the Billiard Room" A stand was
erected on the terrace g. the north
east corner of the house. N the right
OF the front entrance, from which ne
spoke soon after MS arrival.
Mrs Blaine TOOK up her residence
again III the house IN the spring OF
La03 and died there July Is. 1863.
little more than ten years after Mr.
Blalnss death IN Washington Janu-
ary -. 1895 Her death was the only
one in the house during The owner
tie more than fifry-six years
Mrs. Elaine devised the nome one
fourth each 10 ner son, James @. and
her daughters. Mrs. Margaret Dam
rusch and Mrs. EarrleI Beale, ana
ene-eiEhth each to her grandsons.
James q. Blaine Coppinger and Con-
nor Walker Blaine Coppinger SONS Of
her daughrar Alice
january &c 1ge9, James conveyed
his one-fourrh 10 his sisters. Mrs.
Damrasch and Mrs. Scale. AS q
twenty first birthday present To his
son. " aIker 8uine BealE Truxtun
Beaie purchased the interests Of Mrs
Damresch and Blaine and Conner
CnppinEer vino conveyed To Walker
on his birthday. March 80. 1917
April 6, 1917 the nited STATES de-
ciared war upon Germany and the
mex day Walker 8eale then a junior
at Harvard teiephonlng from his
college dormitOry placed the home
AZ the disposal OF the Committee nt
PUBLIC Saferv Of Maine. which mad
lust been organized. The Committee
occupied IL until December. 1915.
Upon the death Of Walker Blaine
Beaie his five-eIghts interest dc
seconded IN equal shares To mis- father
and mother Mr.. Beale conveyed his
interest 10 Mrs. Beaie. VINO then be
came the sole owner. She gave il I'd
the state IN memory Of her SOD on
March 10, 1919.