Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

! Va, from which comes It's name. was
| dedicated July as national shrine
! From it's lofty position teffersons
! old home affords a bird s-eye view OF
/ charlottesville and the university he
| founded and an unbrOken view of the
| Piedmont, Valley for miles around.
! jefferson himself superintended the
! building of the mansion. Around the
! red brick structure with It's Doric
portic.es and glass dome are the trees
/ which jefferson planted.
The ORA wing room is finished Win
+ inlaid satin-wood and rosewood and
j has carved cOrniceS and solid ma
! hogany doors. 1t was in this drawing
room that jefferson entertained,
sometimes as many AS 90 guests.
jefferson arranged the bed cham
| bers uniquely. His own apartment
nd that of his wife were connected
foot bed extended half into his own
room and half into that of his wife.
The bedrooms are heXagOnal in
shape.
! The passage through which Jeffer-
son fed when Tarleton raided Month
cello in search of him is still to be
seen. jefferson escaped underground
to n nearby plantation. A winding
road climbs the mountain to the
home, and over this travel many
thousa nds of tourists every year.
In the graveyard on the GROUNDS
jefferson was buried. The epitaph
OF his own choosing is carved upon
the plain stone at the head of his
grave, for it was his wish that only
the plain obelisk be placed there with
the epitaph, Here lies buried
Thomas Jefferson, Author of the
Declare ton of Independence: of the
Statute of Virginia for Religious
Freedom. and Father of the Uni
versty Of Virginia.
Built by Col. Lewis.
The home of George Washington S
sister Betty and the famed beauty,
Nelly Gusts, Kenmore. is to be re-
garded as one of the more precious
historical posse ssions of Virginia.
Just outside Fredericksburg, Kenmore
was built by Col. Fielding Lewis in
personal---very. days.
A spacious lawn surrounds the
three story building, whose four chin
neyS stand out prominently at the
four corners of the roof. In contrast
to the simple dignity of the main
building is a right wing half as high
as the house itself and fronted by
colonnade very similar to the half-in-
closed paSsa geways Thomas Jeffer-
son placed about the buildings whose
designs he selected.
Probably the interior of Kenmore
with it's finely ornamented plaster
work is the most conSpicuously beau
tiful part of the old home. Many of
its rooms have ceilings with beauti-
full ornamental plaster, which is said
to have been the work of Hessia6
prisoners during the Revolution.
Builder Manufactured Arms.
The builder of Kenmore was one
of the most prominent men of his
day and during the Revolutionary
War manufactured arms for the
State at Fredericksburg. Lawrence,
his son, married the beautiful Nelly
Custis. Kenmore is now the property
of the Kenmore Associa ton, which
keeps the place in order and collects
relics of the age.
Dotting the banks of the historical
James River are to be found as
many, or probably more, colonial
home than are to be seen in any other
one section. Just as the early history
of Virginia and America sprang from
the jamestown colony at the mouth
of the James River. so along it's
banks stand the palatial estates of
many old families.
One of the oldest homes is Bacon's
Castle, almost a the rivers end. This
residence of the friend of Gov. Berk-
ley was seized as a fort" during
BaconS Rebellion and has since borne
the name "Bacon's Castle"
One of States Oldest.
Built by Arthur Allen. who came
over from England i'm 1919. Racon's
Castles steep roof shelters a spacious
home, i'm which are to he found the
low ceilings. oaken crossbeams, mas
sive walls and huge chmneys of colo
NAL days.
Above Bacon'S Castle on the lower
James River in Virginia. and looking
down upon the river from a high
bluff, is Carriers Grove. Within it's
spacious halls are still to be found
the gashes placed there by the sabers
of Tarleton's raiders in Revolutionary
days.
The structure was erected ID 1851
by Carter Burwell. and, although its
colonial beauty is married by modern
porches, Carter's Grove in it's brick
walls, old fashioned windows and
beautifully finished interior remains
as one of the finest relics of colonial
residences to be/found in Virginia.
The mansion walls are paneled to the
ceiling. Its central hall is spanned
by a wide arch.