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Governor Hopkins House, Rhode Island ∆
Location: Providence County, 15 Hopkins Street,
Providence.

Stephen Hopkins bought this framehouse in 1742 and resided in it

until his death in 1785. It is the only extant structure closely
associated with him. The oldest section, the lower level of the
present southwest rear ell, dates from about 1707, when the small
dwelling comprised two first-floor rooms and an attic. As soon as he
acquired the building, Hopkins enlarged and remodeled it into its
present L-shaped, two-story form.
The Georgian building, which has a gabled roof and two
chimneys, is clapboarded. Cornices decorate the first-story windows.
In 1928, during a major restoration, a reconstructed door, with
triangular pediment and pilasters typical of the 18th century, was
inserted in place of one of the four windows along the present front
elevation. This door, the only major alteration in the house, became
the main entrance. It replaced a door on the west side, which opens
into the original kitchen and is still extant.
The central hall, along the east wall of which is the main
stairway, divides the front of the residence into two rooms, study
and parlor. The recessed parlor bookshelves, set in paneling above
the hearth, are distinctive. The paneling of the two fireplaces in the
study and ell is simpler. A passageway leads from the parlor to the
southwest ell, which consists of the original kitchen and in the
southeast corner a small bedroom. Five bedrooms, two of which are
equipped with fireplaces, are located upstairs. The interior of the
house, including stairs, woodwork, floors, and fireplaces, is largely
original. The fine garden was designed by a descendant of Stephen
Hopkins, the late Alden Hopkins, prominent landscape architect.
Governor Hopkins House.

The Governor Hopkins House, first located on the northeast

corner of Hopkins and South Main Streets, was moved eastward in
1804 along the north side of and about halfway up Hopkins Street.
In 1927, to make way for the construction of a new courthouse, the
building was again relocated eastward along the same street, to its
present site, and the next year was restored. Since that time, the
State of Rhode Island has owned the house and maintained the
exterior and grounds. The Society of Colonial Dames in the State of
Rhode Island maintains and administers the interior as a historic
house museum.
Heyward-Washington House, South
Carolina ∆
Location: Charleston County, 87 Church Street, Charleston.

From 1778 until 1794 this townhouse was the principal residence of
Thomas Heyward, Jr. During this period, however, he also spent
considerable time at White Hall, his country estate near that of his
father about 25 miles northeast of Savannah, and in 1780–81 was
imprisoned by the British at St. Augustine. In 1770 his father, Daniel,
a rice planter, had purchased the lot and a two-story house standing
on it. Within 2 years, he probably demolished it and erected the
present one. Thomas inherited it in 1777, and moved in the following
year, upon completion of his tour in the Continental Congress. In
1780, when the British took Charleston, they captured him and
forced his family to flee from the townhouse. For a week in 1791 the
city rented it for use of President Washington, who was visiting
Charleston while touring the Southern States. Three years later,
Heyward sold the property and retired to White Hall.
 Heyward-Washington House.

A slightly altered Georgian structure, the residence is a superb

example of a Charleston “double house.” The floor plan is the typical
Georgian center hall type, with four rooms on each floor. Two interior
chimneys allow for two fireplaces in pairs set back to back on all
floors. The first-floor rooms are simple; those on the second,
elaborate, for entertaining. The downstairs hall, divided by an arch
at midpoint, extends to a rear door. A Palladian window lights the
stairway, located at the rear of the hall against the north wall.
The large second-floor drawing room, the most elaborate room
in the house, features paneled walls, pedimented doors, interior
paneled shutters, an elaborate ceiling cornice, and a fireplace with a
magnificent carved mantel. In addition to the drawing room, the
second floor contains a smaller parlor and two bedrooms, each of
which has a paneled fireplace wall. Four more rooms are located on
both the first and third floors. Except for reconstruction in 1929 of
one front room and the front of the hall on the first floor, the
structure is largely original.
 The brick house is square and rises three stories. The hipped
roof is pierced by a single front dormer and ornamented by a
narrow, denticulated cornice. Brick flat arches head the windows.
The upper windows have louvered shutters; those on the first floor,
paneled shutters. The center entrance, a reconstruction, consists of
a fan-lighted door surmounted by a pediment and flanked by Roman
Doric columns. A rear courtyard contains a brick kitchen-laundry with
slave quarters above, a carriage house, wood and tool sheds, a
necessary, and garden.
Subsequent to Heyward’s ownership, the house passed through
several hands until rescued from the threat of demolition in 1929 by
the Charleston Museum. After restoration and furnishing with period
pieces, it was opened to the public. A collection of china once owned
by Heyward is on display, as well as portraits of the Heyward family.
Hopsewee-on-the-Santee, South Carolina ∆
Location: Georgetown County, on an unimproved road just
west of U.S. 17, about 13 miles southwest of Georgetown.

Erected by his father during the 1740’s, this house on the north bank
of the North Santee River was the birthplace in 1749 and the
boyhood home of Thomas Lynch, Jr. He lived in it until his father
sold it in 1763, the year before young Lynch sailed to Europe to
continue his education. It is the only surviving residence closely
associated with him.

Hopsewee-on-the-Santee.

The 2½-story framehouse rests on a brick foundation, which is

covered with scored tabby. Two front dormers and two interior
chimneys protrude from the hip roof. A broad, two-story porch, or
piazza, with square columns extends across the front of the building.
The frame, comprised of black cypress, is of mortise-and-tenon
construction, and the walls are clapboarded. Exterior paneled
shutters flank the first- and second-story windows. Except for the
present metal roof and the screening of the front porch, the outside
of the structure has not been appreciably altered.
The central hall arrangement divides four rooms into pairs on
the first two floors. All the rooms are equipped with fireplaces.
Throughout, the mantels, wainscoting, cornice mold, and heart pine
floors are original and excellently crafted. The full cellar is
constructed of brick and divided into rooms. Two one-story, cypress,
shingled outbuildings, located to the northeast and northwest of the
main house, probably once served as kitchens. About 1948, by
which time the house had fallen into decay and the grounds were
overgrown, the present owner acquired the property, restored the
garden, and repaired the residence. In fine condition, it is privately
occupied, but is shown to the public part of the week.
Middleton Place, South Carolina ∆
Location: Dorchester County, on an unimproved road just
east of S.C. 61, about 13 miles northwest of Charleston.

This mansion, of which only the south wing stands today, was the
birthplace and lifelong home of Arthur Middleton (1742–87). About
1738 his grandfather had built a 3½-story brick house at the site.
Some 3 years later, Arthur’s father began laying out the surrounding
gardens that have since won international fame as Middleton Place
Gardens. More than 100 slaves labored for a decade to complete the
45-acre gardens and 16-acre lawn. In 1755 the mansion was
enlarged by the addition of two two-story brick flankers, or detached
wings, on the north and south sides of the original structure, for use
respectively as a library-conservatory and guest quarters.
During the War for Independence, British troops pillaged the
residence and despoiled the plantation. In 1865, as Union soldiers
approached during the Civil War, the slaves set the mansion to the
torch, which left only the walls standing. In 1868 William Middleton
erected a roof over the south wing, the least damaged section of the
three, and reoccupied it. In 1886 an earthquake felled the ruined
walls of the north wing and central section.
The south wing (1755) of Middleton Place, the only 18th-century section of the mansion
that has survived.

In the 1930’s the two-story, brick south wing was renovated and
enlarged. The major additions, both two-story brick and executed in
an 18th-century manner, were a service wing along the main axis of
the wing at the south end; and, on the west side, a right-angled
entrance wing, containing a vestibule and stairway, and constructed
with a stepped and curvilinear gable roof to match those on the
ends of the original south wing. A third addition in the 1930’s was a
one-story brick porch on the east, or river, elevation. All the
brickwork is Flemish bond, the shutters are paneled, and a louvered
circular window decorates the gable end of the new entrance wing.
The interior chimneys are three in number. A parlor, dining room,
and living room are located on the first floor of the original south
wing and three bedrooms on the second. The interior finish dates
from the mid-19th century, but many of the furnishings are original
18th-century Middleton pieces.
To the east and north of the present house and ruins of the
central block and north wing are the famous gardens, which have
been enlarged and perfected over the years. They extend from the
Ashley River and the paired butterfly lakes at their foot west toward
the residence and beyond in sweeping terraces. To the northwest of
the house, in another 18th-century formal garden, is the family
graveyard, containing the mausoleum of Arthur Middleton.
The estate comprises 7,000 acres and is still owned by Middleton
descendants. They occupy the south wing, which is not open to the
public, unlike the gardens. According to present plans, about 110
acres, embracing the gardens, burial plot, plantation house, and
reconstructed outbuildings, will be donated to a nonprofit
organization that will preserve them and keep them open to the
public.
Rutledge House, South Carolina ∆
Location: Charleston County, 117 Broad Street, Charleston.

The residence of Edward Rutledge during his later years, this

building is the only existing one that can be identified with him.
Unfortunately the construction date and the exact years of his
residence cannot be determined, though he was definitely the
occupant in 1787.
The large, rectilinear, clapboarded, frame structure is two stories
high over a basement. The roof is hipped. A bilevel porch, supported
by columns, extends across the west side and around the south, or
rear, side of the house. A central modillioned pediment with circular
window fronts the main roof and is “supported” by consoles. Exterior
louvered shutters flank the corniced windows. The center doorway,
once crowned by a cornice, now has a triangular pediment. A small,
two-story clapboard wing, added to the front of the east end along
the main axis in the late 19th century, is the only definite major
exterior alteration. Behind it, runs a two-story porch.
 Rutledge House.

A center hall extends about halfway through the house. On one

side are two rooms with fireplaces; on the other, a front stair hall
containing a curved stairway. Behind this is a large room, accessible
only from the entrance hall. The kitchen, possibly another later
addition, is located in a wing that projects from the rear of the house
at the southeast corner. The interior woodwork appears to date from
the 1880’s, and partition walls now subdivide the large original
rooms into smaller ones.
The Rutledge House, known in modern times as the Carter-May
House, is now a Roman Catholic home for elderly women. Portions
of the first floor may be visited upon request. A large garden is
located at the rear of the building.
Berkeley, Virginia ∆
Location: Charles City County, on the south side of Va. 5,
about 8 miles west of Charles City.

In historical interest this fine mansion has few rivals among the
James River plantations. It was the birthplace and lifelong home of
Benjamin Harrison V (1726–91), signer of the Declaration and three-
term Governor of Virginia, as well as the birthplace and boyhood
residence of his son, William Henry (1773–1841), ninth President of
the United States and grandfather of Benjamin (1833–1901), the
23rd President. William Henry probably wrote his 1841 inaugural
address at Berkeley in the room in which he had been born.

Berkeley.
 Benjamin Harrison IV, the signer’s father, built the structure in
1726. In 1781 British troops under Benedict Arnold plundered the
plantation, but did not seriously harm the mansion. In the 1790’s
one of the Harrisons, probably Benjamin VI, made some
architectural alterations and redecorated the interior in the Adam
style. By the time of the Civil War, the plantation was known as
Harrison’s Landing. In 1862 it served as a supply base and camp for
the Union Army of the Potomac following its retreat from the Battle
of Malvern Hill, Va., which ended the Peninsular Campaign. Gen.
George B. McClellan utilized the mansion as his headquarters. While
quartered nearby, Gen. Daniel Butterfield composed the famous
bugle call “Taps.”
The early Georgian mansion has been altered somewhat over
the years, but retains much of the original structure and character. It
is 2½ stories high and has a dormered, gable roof with two tall
interior ridge chimneys, and distinctive pedimented gable ends,
including modillioned cornice. The brick walls are laid in Flemish
bond. Gauged brick is employed in the flat window arches, the belt
course, and door pediments. The broad-piered central doors on the
north and south elevations, with pediments in gauged brick, are
reconstructions. Two detached, two-story, brick dependencies, set
slightly south of the house on the river side, were built in the 1840’s
to replace similar structures that had been erected sometime before
1800.
The center hall plan has been slightly modified. The hall bisects
the four rooms on the first floor into pairs. A small stairs in the
northwest corner was probably inserted about 1800. Most of the
interior finish clearly reflects the Adam alterations of the 1790’s.
By 1915 the mansion was in poor condition. Subsequent owners
have reconstructed and restored it to its 18th-century appearance.
This included removal of a 19th-century porch on all four sides,
replacement of the window sash and exterior door framings, and
reconstruction of the center stairs. The upper floors are used as a
private residence, but the basement and first floor may be visited.
The unmarked grave of signer Benjamin Harrison is located in the
family cemetery, a quarter of a mile southeast of the plantation
house.
Elsing Green, Virginia ∆
Location: King William County, on a private road about 1
mile southwest of Va. 632, some 10 miles southwest of
King William Court House.

In 1758, while Carter Braxton was visiting in England, his brother

George probably built for him this impressive plantation home on a
high bluff overlooking the Pamunkey River. Upon his return in 1760,
Carter took up residence in it and lived there until 1767. He then
moved to a new residence, Chericoke, a few miles to the northwest.

Elsing Green.

The exterior is original, but about 1800 a fire destroyed the

interior. The present 18th-century style woodwork is a 20th-century
reconstruction. The Georgian structure of brick, laid in Flemish bond,
is U-shaped. Two wings project to the north, or rear, of the central
section. The large building is two stories in height and has a hip roof
and four tall chimneys. Side doors are centered in each wing, and
there are also central doors in the front and rear facades of the main
house. The door on the front, or river, facade, with gauged brick
triangular pediment, is a reconstruction.
The flat window arches are constructed of splayed brick. The
second-floor level is marked by a strong course of gauged brick,
unmolded and four courses high. Two old, detached, brick
dependencies, 1½ stories high, flank the mansion. The eastern one
may date from 1719; the western contains a restored kitchen. A
reconstructed smokehouse and dairy rest on their original,
symmetrically located, foundations.
An off-center hall extends northward halfway through the main
arm of the U from the south, or front, entrance and intersects with
an east-west lateral hall running the length of the main mansion.
The ends of this long cross hall each contain a stairway set against
the south wall. The southeast comer of the residence is occupied by
a large parlor; the southwest corner, by a smaller living room; and
each of the north wings, by a single large room. Four bedrooms are
upstairs, which has the same general plan as the ground floor.
The carefully restored house and well maintained estate, which
now includes about 3,000 acres, are in excellent condition but are
privately occupied and not open to visitors.
Menokin, Virginia ∆
Location: Richmond County, on an unimproved road about
1 mile west of County Route 690, some 4 miles northwest
of Warsaw.

Menokin, completed in 1769 by Col. John Tayloe of nearby Mount

Airy as a wedding gift for his daughter and her husband, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, was the home where they spent most of their lives
and the one Lee loved best. He died there in 1797.
This late Georgian house, similar in many respects to Mount Airy
though much smaller, was likely constructed by the same architect-
builder, probably John Ariss. The exterior possesses the qualities of a
large mansion, though the actual dimensions are rather modest.

Ruins of Menokin.
 The residence, constructed of local brown sandstone, is two
stories high with hip-on-hip roof and two large interior chimneys. Its
exterior walls are covered with plaster. The stone trim—quoins, belt
courses, and window and door trim—is elaborate. Two stone belt
courses, one at the second-floor line and the other at the sill level of
the upper windows, divide the main, or north, facade horizontally.
The upper course is eliminated on the other three facades. No
longer standing are two two-story, gable-roofed, detached,
symmetrical service buildings, a kitchen to the east and office to the
west, which once stood in the forecourt at right angles to the main
house. They undoubtedly heightened the impression of the
mansion’s large size.
A center hall extends halfway through the first floor, which
contains dining room, living room, kitchen, and bedroom. Four
bedrooms, divided into pairs by a central hall, are located on the
second floor.
Unoccupied for many years, Menokin is in ruinous condition. The
roof and walls on the southeast side have collapsed. The yard and
grounds, part of a 590-acre farm, are overgrown with vegetation and
small trees. The owner has removed and stored the original interior
paneling. Extensive reconstruction would be required to restore the
structure to its original condition. It is not open to the public.
Monticello, Virginia ∆
Location: Albemarle County, just off Va. 53, about 2 miles
southeast of Charlottesville.

“Monticello,” Italian for “Little Mountain,” is an enduring tribute to

the genius and versatility of Thomas Jefferson, who personally
designed and supervised erection of the splendid mansion. He
resided in it for many years of his long life, his spirit lives on in its
architectural perfection and the ingenious devices with which he
equipped it, and he is buried nearby. Sitting amid pleasant gardens
and lawns on a hilltop, the residence overlooks Charlottesville; the
University of Virginia, which Jefferson founded and some of whose
buildings he designed; and the green rolling hills of the surrounding
countryside. Especially after his retirement from public life in 1809
until his death, at the age of 83 on July 4, 1826, the prominent men
of his age made pilgrimages to Monticello. To this day it is visited by
the humble, as well as the great—all who admire Jefferson’s
character and accomplishments.
Monticello.

In 1757 Jefferson’s father died and passed on the property,

2,750 acres, to him. Eleven years later, he began leveling the hilltop.
To make all parts of it accessible, he built paths, or roundabouts, as
he called them, on its slopes at four different levels; remains of
these are visible today. In 1770 fire destroyed Jefferson’s modest
residence, his birthplace Shadwell, and he moved to Monticello,
where he had already begun building a mansion. The first part of it
completed was the small southwest pavilion, which Jefferson
occupied as a bachelor’s quarters until January 1772, when he
brought his bride, Martha Wayles Skelton, to share it with him. It is
still known as “Honeymoon Cottage.”
The first Monticello, vastly different from the present one, was
probably completed in 1775. Constructed of brick with cut-stone
trim, it consisted of a central two-story unit, with pedimented gable
roof running from front to rear and one-story gabled wings, set
perpendicularly to the central block. The chief architectural accent
was the main two-story portico, Doric below and Ionic above. Small
polygonal bays projected from the ends of the wings. Jefferson
made numerous alterations and major changes after the War for
Independence. The present two-wing structure, built between 1793
and 1809, incorporates the rooms of the original house at its rear. It
also reflects a shift in architectural preference in the United States
from Georgian to Roman Revival—elements of both of which are
represented. Jefferson was almost entirely responsible for starting
the Roman Revival.
The mansion consists of 2½ stories over a basement and
contains 35 rooms. The dominating feature is the central dome, over
an octagonal room. The house is furnished largely with Jefferson
belongings, including a replica of the small portable desk on which
he probably wrote the Declaration of Independence. Some of the
clever devices in the residence are a 7-day calendar-clock and a
dumbwaiter. One room contains one of the first parquet floors in the
United States. The upper levels, accessible only by narrow
staircases, are not shown to the public.
Before Jefferson built Monticello, every plantation had a group of
small outbuildings such as the laundry, smokehouse, dairy, stable,
weaving house, schoolhouse, and kitchen. Jefferson sought to
render these as inconspicuous as possible and increase the efficiency
of the facilities they provided by constructing two series of rooms for
these purposes beneath the outer sides of two long L-shaped
terraces extending from the house. Below the south terrace, beyond
the angle of the ell, are the kitchen, the cook’s room, servants’
rooms, room for smoking meat, and the dairy. At the end of this
terrace, stands “Honeymoon Cottage.” Under the far side of the
north terrace are the stables, carriage house, icehouse, and laundry.
Jefferson used the small building terminating this terrace, adjacent
to which is the paddock, as an office. An underground passageway—
containing storage rooms for wine, beer, cider, and rum—connects
the basement of the main house with the series of service rooms
along the outer sides of the ells. Jefferson is buried in the family
graveyard, which is adjacent to the road leading from the house.
Upon Jefferson’s death in 1826, his daughter Martha inherited
Monticello, but was soon forced to sell it, to the first of a series of
private owners. In 1923 the newly organized Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation purchased the estate, the following year
opened it to the public, and has retained ownership to the present
day.
Mount Airy, Virginia ∆
Location: Richmond County, on the north side of U.S. 360,
about 1½ miles west of Warsaw.

Francis Lightfoot Lee resided in this beautiful mansion for a short

time in 1769, while its owner, his new father-in-law, Col. John
Tayloe, completed building Menokin nearby as a residence for him
and his bride.
Mount Airy, which sits on a ridge overlooking the Rappahannock
Valley, is one of the finest late Georgian mansions to be erected in
America. Built in the years 1758–62, it is attributed to noted Virginia
architect John Ariss, and is considered to be his best work. It was
the first residence in the English Colonies to carry out completely a
full five-part Palladian villa plan: a main house connected to two
dependencies by quadrant passageways that partially enclose a
forecourt. The massive main section, standing over an elevated
basement, and the two dependencies are two stories high and of
dark brown sandstone construction trimmed in light-colored
limestone. The one-story passageways curve from the main house to
the dependencies and enclose a semicircular forecourt on the north,
or entrance, facade.
 Mount Airy.

Prominent characteristics of the main building are front and rear

central projecting pavilions of rusticated limestone, both having
loggias, three windows in the second story, and crowning triangular
pediments; limestone belt course; rusticated angle quoins; and two
pairs of interior chimneys near the ridge of the hip roof, which was
rebuilt after a fire in 1844 and may have replaced a hip-on-hip roof.
The four square piers gracing the front loggia are faced with Roman
Doric pilasters. The rear loggia has three round arches topped with
heavy, marked, voussoired keystones.
The two dependencies have hip roofs and central chimneys, and
their corner quoins match those of the main house. The connecting
passageways, also of stone, are covered with shed roofs concealed
from the front. At the point where they connect with the main
house, which rests on an elevated basement, they are stepped up to
allow entrance to the first floor.
Fire destroyed the probably fine wooden interiors in 1844, but
the original floor plan was retained in the reconstruction. A
magnificent central hall extends through the house between the
front and rear loggias. Full-height windows flank both central
entrance doors. The elliptical stairway in the front northwest corner
room, in which there is also a pantry, dates from the 19th century,
but the original stairs may have been in the present cross hall
between the two east drawing rooms, lighted by the central arch of
a Palladian window in the east end wall. In the southwest corner is a
large dining room.
Mount Airy, in good condition, is still used as a residence by
Tayloe descendants and is not open to the public. Francis Lightfoot
Lee is buried with his wife in the Tayloe family cemetery, located
about 300 yards northwest of the mansion.
Nelson House (Colonial National Historical
Park), Virginia ‎☑
Location: York County, northwest corner of Main and Pearl
Streets, Yorktown; address: Colonial National Historical
Park, P.O. Box 210, Yorktown, Va. 23490.

Thomas Nelson, Jr., may have been born in this house in 1738,
resided fulltime in it from 1767 until 1781, and probably stayed in it
on occasion during the following 8 years prior to his death. During
the latter period, he was living in partial retirement at his Hanover
County estate, Offley Hoo.
The probable builder, between 1732 and 1741, was Thomas
(“Scotch Tom”) Nelson, Sr., the signer’s grandfather. Thomas Jr.’s
father, William, lived in the residence until about 1738, the year of
his marriage, when he moved to his own house across the street.
Thomas, Jr., could have been born at either place. After “Scotch
Tom” died, in 1745, his widow continued in residence. Upon her
death in 1766, Thomas, Jr., who since his marriage 4 years earlier
had apparently lived with his father, acquired her home and moved
in the next year.
 Nelson House.

According to family tradition, the Nelson House served as the

second headquarters of Gen. Charles Cornwallis during the siege of
Yorktown (September-October 1781), and with Nelson’s permission
American artillery shelled and hit the house. The historical record
indicates that both British and French military personnel likely used
it, but their identities cannot be definitely ascertained. And the
southeast face of the residence does show evidence of damage from
cannon fire. The Marquis de Lafayette, who revisited the United
States in 1824–25, was quartered there when in the former year he
attended the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of
Yorktown, in which he had played a key role.
The Nelson House is an impressive specimen of early Georgian
architecture, though the four south and five north dormers added in
the 1920’s detract from the original design. The broad roof is gabled
and pedimented at the ends, with two massive interior chimneys and
strongly dentiled cornice. The Flemish bond brickwork includes
gauged belt course, water table, and flat window arches with
segmental soffits. Corner quoins, as well as the window sills and
lintels and their tall keystones, are of stone. The quoins and two
levels of tall windows give the house a strong vertical effect. The
north center door has simple gauged and molded brick piers that are
topped by a brick pediment. Destroying the symmetry of the south
facade is the off-center door, enclosed in a vestibule. A more
elaborate door on the west side is modern, replacing an original
untrimmed service opening.
On one side of the off-center hall are two small rooms, with a
lobby and service stairs between them; on the opposite side of the
hall, are two larger rooms, divided by a tiny one, probably a pantry.
The general plan is repeated upstairs, where there are four
bedrooms. Most of the original interior woodwork, highlighted by the
first-floor wall-to-ceiling paneling, is still intact. From a decorative
standpoint, the most striking chamber is the northeast drawing
room. All the fireplaces in the residence are apparently
reconstructions, as are also the balusters and handrails of the stairs.
The house remained in possession of the Nelson family until
1914. In 1920–21 its owners rehabilitated and restored it and
renamed it York Hall. In 1968 the National Park Service acquired it.
When this volume went to press, an extensive research and
restoration program was being carried out preparatory to opening
the building to the public.