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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  October, 
  1907 
  

  

  including 
  the 
  raising 
  of 
  the 
  

   roof, 
  which 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  familiar 
  hipped 
  style, 
  

   to 
  the 
  mansard 
  roof, 
  pierced 
  

   by 
  rows 
  of 
  dormer 
  windows, 
  

   which 
  it 
  now 
  has; 
  the 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  two-s 
  t 
  o 
  r 
  y 
  

   porches 
  at 
  the 
  two 
  fronts 
  of 
  

   the 
  mansion, 
  and 
  the 
  re- 
  

   moval 
  of 
  the 
  partition 
  which 
  

   originally 
  formed 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   hall 
  extending 
  through 
  the 
  

   depth 
  of 
  the 
  house; 
  the 
  lat- 
  

   ter 
  alteration 
  permitting 
  of 
  

   the 
  extra 
  space 
  being 
  thrown 
  

   into 
  the 
  dining-room 
  on 
  the 
  

   river 
  side. 
  It 
  is 
  supposed 
  

   that 
  he 
  also 
  added 
  the 
  hand- 
  

   s 
  o 
  m 
  e 
  paneled 
  walls 
  and 
  

   cornices 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   interior, 
  for 
  strangely 
  enough 
  when 
  the 
  present 
  owner 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  paneled 
  wainscoting 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   installing 
  a 
  water 
  supply 
  she 
  found 
  very 
  fine 
  hand-finished 
  

   walls, 
  which 
  would 
  indicate 
  that 
  the 
  paneled 
  walls 
  were 
  a 
  

   later 
  feature 
  added 
  to 
  ornament 
  the 
  interior 
  when 
  Charles 
  

   Carter 
  took 
  possession 
  of 
  "Shirley." 
  

  

  The 
  mansion 
  is 
  a 
  square 
  red 
  brick 
  structure, 
  standing 
  some 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  James 
  River, 
  and 
  is 
  well 
  sur- 
  

  

  " 
  Shirley 
  " 
  Annex, 
  Containing 
  Household 
  Offices 
  and 
  Servants' 
  Quarters 
  

  

  rounded 
  by 
  many 
  beautiful 
  

   trees, 
  which 
  present 
  a 
  forest 
  

   effect 
  when 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  

   steamer 
  passing 
  up 
  the 
  

   river. 
  The 
  brick 
  of 
  which 
  

   it 
  is 
  built 
  is 
  laid 
  in 
  Flemish 
  

   bond, 
  harmonizing 
  with 
  

   the 
  white-painted 
  trim 
  and 
  

   green-painted 
  blinds. 
  The 
  

   side 
  porch, 
  with 
  its 
  pedi- 
  

   mental 
  roof 
  and 
  columns, 
  is 
  

   an 
  interesting 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  

   house, 
  while 
  the 
  porches 
  

   and 
  verandas, 
  which 
  are 
  on 
  

   either 
  end, 
  are 
  of 
  later 
  date 
  

   than 
  the 
  original 
  steps 
  

   erected 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  house 
  

   was 
  built. 
  Ascending 
  the 
  

   dressed 
  stone 
  steps 
  and 
  

   crossing 
  the 
  flagstone 
  porch, 
  

   one 
  enters 
  the 
  great 
  square 
  hall 
  with 
  its 
  paneled 
  walls; 
  in 
  

   fact, 
  the 
  interior 
  throughout 
  has 
  paneled 
  walls 
  with 
  heavily 
  

   molded 
  dentalled 
  cornices 
  treated 
  with 
  an 
  ivory-white 
  paint, 
  

   which 
  has 
  grown 
  old 
  with 
  age, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  rich 
  in 
  its 
  an- 
  

   tiquity. 
  This 
  hall 
  contains 
  an 
  open 
  staircase 
  of 
  unusual 
  

   beauty, 
  displaying 
  the 
  broad 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  Colonial 
  

   builders. 
  The 
  old 
  desk 
  now 
  here, 
  and 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  post 
  

   office, 
  formerly 
  belonged 
  to 
  Charles 
  Carter. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  

  

  The 
  Mansion 
  Is 
  a 
  Square 
  Red 
  Brick 
  Structure 
  with 
  a 
  Mansard 
  Roof 
  Surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  Pineapple, 
  the 
  Emblem 
  of 
  Hospitality! 
  

  

  