The Washington herald., 1922-10-29

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comes from the fact that when the
o street bridge was built Il was
picked up bodily and moved back
some 100 feet or more. Number 27zS
Q street, it stands just at the west
end Of the bridge and when the
street was cut through the house
was directly In line with the right
Of way. II couldn't be moved intact
and II would have been q sacrilegs
to demoiish one of the finest Colo
nial houses In this part Of the coun-
try. So II was knocked down" like
Q portable house or Q piece Of fur
niture ana rebuilt, line for line.
brick for brick. on its new site.
This was tremendous undertaking.
but It was accomplished with COM
plete success and no one could tell
but that IL had taken root . CEN
tury ago in Its present surround
ings.
A MOTHER old home ON Q street
"A 10 Tudor Place. now owned by
Mr.. and Mrs. Armistsad Peter. jr.
1t Is a fine example Of Tudor archie
lecture. with colonial features. built
in 1910 by DR.. william Thornton
ana owned for many years BY ths
washington family. y
Tudor place has been in the Peter
family since II was built. It has
come down to its present owners
through the distaff side. and one
littIe lady, Mrs. Kennon. whose
memories dated back to Washing
tons beginnings, was born In the
beautiful old mansion and lived out
her span of ninety years under its
hospitable roof Lafayette danced
on the lawns OF Tudor place and
L'Enfant visited there In the. days
when he was laying out the Capital
City.
The place will one day be the
property OF Armistead Peter. Sd
who is married to Miss Caroline
Ogden Jones. daughter OF Mrs. Paul
Bartlett. wife Of the noted sculptor
A perfectly proportioned house
with wings on either side connected
with the main building by wide
glassed-in passages. it boasts q
beautiful pillared 'portico. The
grounds are spacious and well laid
out. sloping up from all sides tc
the mansion which crowns q rise.
So fine Is the house considered
from an architectural standpoint
that II was copied In miniature
when Edgemoor was laid out. even
the rich dun yellow. with which Tudor
place is painted, being repeated. Ir
the same vicinity 10 SEWER House. q
splendid example Of Georgian ar
chitecture. built in 1905. and having
beautiful old gardens. Halcyon
House. now owned by Albert ciem.
ems. Is very quaint old home
which was built in lisa. and II
surrounded by very unusual gar.
dens. while the home Of Mrs. George
Myers. on S street, 10 quite modern
with a charming example Of cit,
terraced garden.
II ALCYoN HOUSE. now the homs
i of Abraham Lincoln's grand
daughter. Mrs. Frank Edward John.
son, was once occupied by the first
Secretary Of the Navy and was the
scene of lavish hospitality In tn,
early days OF the republic. i
boasts a lovely terraced garden. tn,
paths bordered with centurylol<
box, and looks of over the chin.
neys of lower Georgetown-bus,
Pennsylvania avenue. with IL,
street cars and its shops-to tn,
blue Potomac. There is also a pic.
| turesQue outdoor theater, roofec
over with wtstaria, where al frescc
performances have been given from
time TO time OF late years.
Indoors the house 10 a gem. fol-
restoring has been done with al
artist hand and with due reverenc,
for tradition and that elusive ant
yet .all-important Atmosphere.
Various portions of the house are
built on different levels, and thi,
gives piouancy to the interior, &C.
counting for many oddities of con.
struction and for the amusing low
gallery in the drawing room which
masks the stairway. The street II
which the house stands and which
crowns the brow of the steep hill
sloping down to the river Is wei
named Prospect avenue.
A little further away from towr
is the lovely country home and gar
' den of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell