Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-14
HOME OF BETTY WASHINGTON REMINISCENT OF COZ ONIA
( skENMORE'' ASSOCIATED
TTHFATHER OF NATION
Association Formed to Save Fine Old Mansion From
Commentator and Preserve Memory of Col
onc Fielding Lewis. Patriot.

I which we're found in Eas"ps :ab.ee
and mythology. were conceived 10y
/ him and executed rs rt -, .rtt-
sans whom ho found nn.u .
sian prisoners. lilo was often - g..
old house, aul daring tho R.ycIu,,n4!
or at its "ni one time or another.
IN" greatest men OF Tho d"v were IT,.
guests.
stands Scrcncis Grand.
For years this shaded house wh1~e
t. patriotic Colonel Lewis and Rat.-
Washington lived and did has stood
sei.rcly grand in tho center % Tho
great lawn that surrounds IT, 1T has.
certainly enough seen strange vi-lts
S'trdcS. ~ one time Basil Gordon.
America s FIRST millionaire owned il
Again. after the civil War. half n
dozen ncgr" families "sGuattdd" in it
and piCkarirriCs played on its pa
irician porticos nud oakon floors. nut
the South progressed and in a few
years old virginia ariS'ocrRcy" once
more lived and moved beneath it's
roof.
Then it fen into the hands Of n
syndicate" Cornmcrrialis,n van.
!sh"d sentiment. About the grounds
were built wnheawtitul modern"
homes. until the old mansion is al
most surrounded.
"Almost"--it is that which sounds
note ~ hope. The Kenmore Asso-
cation. promised tho aid of u. \. r.
chapters al! over the country. q: Mrs.
Harding. tho Presidents wife. Of such
world known Journalists as Mark sui
Ivan and Herbert Covay. intends to
save tho house. They arc raising
100000 to huy 1t. Then Kenmore. .
sounding rs overtouc OF romance.
grandiy reminiscent Of the golden
days ia to stand therc a monument
TO Colonel Fielding Lewis
Would Preserve House.
Tho intention OF the association is
10 keep the house in good condition.
securing all the relics Of the T.cNviscs
ana WaSh!ngtons il can 10 lend I'm
tercSi 10 the place. and then make il
comfortable inside. a place FOR visitors
To ind interest and rest;
Mrs. Y. II. Fleming. regent Of the
Eet;y Washington Lewis Chapter. -
s. r.. and president OF the Kenmore
Association. has outlined plan o.
membership which begins with the
honorary perpetual guardians. who
are donato-s OF $1,000 or more. and
goes downward TO the sustaining
members. donators OF 81. including
even TIL" children. who are TO con
tribute % cents.
The Arst honorary perpetual! guar
Ulal ~ ttANitl l. " Lewis. OF I
clair. y. J.. inventor OF the Lewis ma
chine Eun, whose check FOR n thou
sand dollars hns just been received
The Daughters Of tho American Revo-
luton approved tho plan during tn.
congress at Washington. and chapters
all over the country VIII he asked to
arrange entertainments or To con-
tribute.
Kenmore" has always been mag
net for visitors to Frederick shurg.
Closely associated with Washington
and hs mother and his sister ana
with the patriot who mad, tho mus
kets that helped 10 win the R"volU-
tion, Il is second only 10 Mary Wash
ington's house in historic interest. The
clcganci"s ana eNCcllcnCl"S OF this
courtly Fielding Lewis hay. been al
most forgotten in tho note that is
st~Uck by the house in which he l!yof.
II IS 10 preserve his memory, as well
aS % save the fine Colonial mansion.
mat tho Kenmore Association has
t,.r fprrnct