The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-11-04
Prices At Persimmon Hill Farm
Newcomers To Prince Eduard Restore Regency Style
Home And Furnish With Published Museum Pieces
~ ZEN BOWERS

III a series oi articles ia which some
% the most ontstandia. examples
Of he old and ncs homes ri tie
llerald area will be featured with
the dual purpose @. giving at u
piance the magnificent past as Well
as the modern ,iaA trend, We hope 10
present a complete picture OF some
Of the areas MANY fine homes and
the people Who own thcm)
To take an Old home and restore
il into a III o d G $ mansion Will
hamsburg STYLE Is no; a simple
task But. that is just what Il q
FLOYD G Prices. newcomers to
Prince Edward. have done With an
early ~ century Resency style
house on Perslnmon Tree Fork
road
Restored from the bottom ND and
that means from The basement to
the ceiling. the foundation Of the
house was found perfectly intact
and still remains so Seine 50 TO
60 thousand old bricks were
utilized to brick veneer The dwell
ing which stands on top Of a hill
il cluster of old oaks with
commanding view IN All directions.
They named the place PerSimmon
Hlll Farm
Natives oi Norfolk
Natives Of Norfolk. the Prices
purchased the farm Ill 1854 But il
was moi until January Of this year
that they began tie mamrnou-h lob
Of restoring the edincA Iii the con-
strHciiou phase OF the project. Mr.
Pre- sanity was ofleaed ques-
toned BY the brick Layers tie puts
ii this way. 4 told them not to
worry about having tho brick lined
Up lus' make certain Il comes o8t5
level II the root This PLAYED
havoc with the reasnnne Ct the.
brlck LAYERS. blt they really.
thought something was wrong
when Piiee took room an
scratched ro tha mortar between
tbs bricks as fast AN they pnt ii
W All IA all the tHAl produce ~
a genuine NllNa!nsB5ir- r-nroafIc
ton
Ownership of the piace has been
traced back q ls4s when il was the
property ef Thomas H.cksoH Be-
leved not ID ba ,he inst avnar
Ms. P.1ce Il S.il .n csesi 81 TILL
ORIGINAL owners. Passtns fhroaeM
the hands Of several families. ihA
A ". DrunlelIals hoa4is; the Nr0n
ertv In i9e1 aid from lali "a ia2,
it was occupied br -he Weaasois
A bask c8nl1 rriN aasly be- Hrii
ten about t!lls hagee and th pro-
cess q its restoration aua lh4s PAIL
'iclllal family with uS aaora#on
for antiques. I0weser. such 4
house would DO bare without the
proper Furnishings. antique fnn
tnre. q course
keepiin Room
From tn keeping room ia f
name f0r tie combination III IN
days kitehen. breakfast room ana
den 10 ne BOYS Dear9om 0a
STAIRS. ih. Prices haTe d house full
Of beautiful ANTIQUE fnnagis
TO describe ti4c Interior of thH
house aaA lis FURNISHINGS. l,fe ho-
Gin with the ge+piHe l3onl " lhr
basement. The focal point OF family
ACTIVITY and the first d the spac
ious rooms viewed br th!s reporter
The first thing to catch the este
upon entering the room is a mantle
over a five foot open fireplace
made from an ORIGINAL II b Il
sin Of the house Btu tie left Us
the mantle stands hutch table
fused for a table. chrst Of 4 cham
over 100 years Old and ailrac
ti~ely hand-caryed. Mrs. Price re-
finished the table as she has most
of the other rare and beautiful
items.
Is the keeping room completed
NO. SAID Mrs. Price. much re-
mans to Be done bat it ail takes
tim e. See these wooden-pegged
cabinet doors. wen. when l get
through working on them they are
going 10 be used in my wall cabi-
nets here under the sink Made
of real old pine. the cabinets when
finished viii blend terrificallv with
the remainder Of the rooms uni
que decor.
1875 Yr. Old Cruct Set
Among the many small pieces
in tho room WaS ! f25 wear IA