The Washington times., 1923-02-18

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Mr.. ana Mrs. Thomas Peter when
they were first married There
her grandfather, General wash
ington. used Oeten 20 VISIT then.
and % record In HIS diary. 'Dinea
with Mr.. T. Law and slept at Mr..
r. Peters,"
TUDOR PLACE.
In 1914 Mr.. Peter built Tudor
Place, croWning the heights OF
Georgetown, . beautiful. stately
old mansion combining the best
characteristics OF the earlier and
later Georgian types.
This lovely old mansion, mel
lowed by the hand or time, hut
kept In perfect repair by It's pres
ent owner. q lineal descendant Of
Mrs. washington. would alone
serve as an example Of the sub
stantial home life Of the wash
ington family, an example to be-
turned to with reverence IN this
age of thoughtless living and ire
sponsibIe conduct OF affairs. II
he Washington family had hand
ed down to posterity no other
homestead than Tudor Place, it
would be an inspiring example Of
olonial simplicity.
Rather austere in line. 1t pre-
,entg an incorporating attitude,
hough its outstanding wings pro-
luce broad facade, indicative Of
he liberal and generous hospital
ty Of the age in which it was
uilt.
Here Lafayette was entertained
vhen he returned to America
With his son. calling TO pay his
respects to Mrs. Beverly Kennon,
granddaughter OF Mrs. Washing
ton. The fine old mansion has
never been out Of the family,
and has. therefore, never met
with the vicissitudes which some
Of the other mansions OF its time
have suffered.
STILL IN FAMILY.
It's present owner is Arnistead
Peter, jr., and just now It Is also
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arrnis-
tead Peter III. who have re-
Gently returned from q sojourn
in Paris, where their infant
daughter was born last summer.
The baby's carriage stands out
on the sunny side Of the old
mansion on fair days and brings
into the picture a human touch,
linking the present generation
with those that are gone in the
sweetest possible manner.
Other descendants Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Peter were born
and bred and make their homes
in and about old Georgetown.
Tudor Place crowns the heights
Of Georgetown. overlooking, from
it's upper windows, the Potomac;
and on the opposite shore, In
Virginia, browning another elevar
ton. stands Arlington. the memoir
able homo Of smother Gusts. the
only grandson and adopted son
of General and Mrs. Washington.
This IL now in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
John Parke Gusts. Mrs. Wash
ington's son. owned q tract OF
land over 1000 acres In extent
on the Potomac, named Airing
ton, which had been a part Of
the Alexander estate. and which
descended to his son. George
Washington Parke Gusts, who
was always known as ''Mr. Gusts
Of Arlington"
Jack Gusts married Mary FitS-
hugh Lee, daughter Of William
Fitzhugh, Of Chatham, another
charming old colonial manor
house near Fredericksburg. to
which George Washington had,
so the story goes, taken his bride,
the widow Gusts, to spend a
week Of their honeymoon. The
room they occupied has some OF
the loveliest wood carving on the
chimney breast that has come
down to this time.
SPARED IN WAR.
The old mansion was spared
during the civil war, as it was
the headquarters Of Burnside.
commanding officer Of the Union
forces. It Is now owned by Col.
and Mrs. D. B. Devore, of Wash
ington.
Jack Gusts took his bride to
Arlington House, which he built
in 1902, after his grandmother's
death. This great mansion, with
it's immense Doric columns, is
said to have been modelled after
the Temple Of Theseus at Athens.
Today it has been denuded Of
everything that made it home
in the days when the lovely Mis-
tress Gusts was it's chatelaine.
She and her young husband took