Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-25
WILL SPEND $4,000
ON OLD STONE HOUSE,
Garden He Loved in Richmond and
Which Fired His Poetic Imagination Reproduced
Floor Taken From Literary Messenger Office.
Uy Th"u,ns T.. Mnr"nr,.

By Thomns T.. Mnrunr..
In the old stone House" "u East
ain street. II structure" hauntcd 10y
storic memories and in which. ira
ton has IL. General Gunrg" Wash
Stvn had his headquarters. Hirh-
onh ~ soon To have pv" shriu"
at VIII. in all probability stand a.
impcrishablc monument 1" the
Snius Of the poet who probably
tsscd the happi.st days of his III"
this city. POO. like Shakespeare
I'd IJnitc, needs no monument 81
-onze or ston. IL pcrpctuatc his
emory. but just as lovers OF the
ard Of Avon ana oi "Th. Man Who
al Walked Thrpurh Hes" havc
Used irnumcrabic tabl"tS and pr.-
rived places IA which tho% lived or
.ork"d or played in an rMpr, to
cate proper atmpsphcr" Tor The
nciit OF those wh" come after jus,
that spirit have poc's ndmircr- ~.
edmond leased the old stone.
onsc" and converted 1t into a ZOO
lrinc.
The ancient stone structure has
en- leased by tho In" Association
Richmond. through iii. efforts of
rchcr g. Jones. and 10 it has Al
liy been transferred much Of the
atoriaI. brick aud wood. which came
ON the building at tia" corner 81
ain and F!tt,rntu Streets. recently
4 IN down. ana Ia which was the
flee 90 the Southern Literary M's.
niger, Of which 20" vas editor ana
which Some %! his hes, works We're.
~ published Mr. Jones has al
ady expended approximately sis.ou0
restoring ANA mailing attractiv"
. 10 old "Stpn" House aud in hitting
M In - manner Ia keeping Win
&C. "a" 10 which II g. 80 b" PM
redwood floor has already been In
allied and IL s. huilt "f The timber
hjch came out az thr ola Messenger
/ firc
nu>t al r""t 4" I'll Niche.
q out Of som" OF tho material taken
| ON tho literary Messenger q pa
. lion rs 10 be erected ANA later On
rec tablets All commemorative pn",
/ vi b" placed. and hust of the
Get viii in! "a niche provided ipr
tat purpose. IN ornamental fnuu-
lin ia To he placed in thc garu.n
the rear
| The garden which viii be lh5d out
the rear Is l" t." Il Ihiug uf h"auty
Lud one that viii doubtless attract
| idcspr.Hl notice when ~ is COM
lctcd For d; IS 10 be. a. far a. ~
I, possible 10 max" it, as u"ar lie
1Ac enchanted garden" uf which roe
|peHks IN one al his cartier poems
$ d, a. possible for rcv"r-rt and i'm
|eiIigcntly guided hands 20 mako it,
Probably som" oG the most proc
ound students OF zoe 90 not Nurw
liza, tn. ..nchantcd garden u' whirE
al 4 rA. Y'
act. ana that 1T was located 'lgnt
hero in Richmond It was bounded
~ First. second Craze ana Frank
IN streets. witch, Ia Io"- day. w"-
i"rr"uud'd by "a hiph wall aud Win
u which We're cultivated roses 80
'eautifui that Ihcir growers cuyhF' !
y natt"pal reputation. II Wa ""n""
~ ELLIS and AllHn 9TH" lnil"r n"iuI
'nc : roster td'h'Tl. ll'' N'''''
|hipp-d rlauts and SEED, all over ~"
"un trt an" watch h'' hH '-'''l' y
arg" lrHd" IN IN" S"uNh
tdrn''hrd "''n"h""'rh ''af"""'
The poem ~ whi'h roc men ION
h" '"n"hdnt'" E"'"'" ""S "'"t
a'cd l" F"Ni"n N"nn+ '""' :,
h"m IA" wts at one hn" "hIH ."
DO mhrr'cn. ana J. iT"h"hht'h ~
rit'cr on "i tn" dhlnt i',ti'
"rs"s ia ms "n'ir" collie p 10
aus" "i mo h'rh N24 49, sur
ound"d ,hr r"s' t"lH'n a. >',''"'
the wiud ~ihnh'ns ON t'p'u'
rider !" catch silnlN' OF w
rcn'"d beauties "'ih'h' NJ ~
nchant"i garden necessarily
lured III "i"". WINCH ~ VIII W. d
cmpt"h l" frp'""Ho" }" ~
81" 'oId stone nous" or MIN N'''''
'"t = chchhh''h F''"'h -
curse. greatly iie"h%"h rs ''h ="
'hant"d gardens must - ""' nv
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