﻿October, 
  1907 
  

  

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  in 
  the 
  hall 
  a 
  fine 
  old 
  paneled 
  mantel 
  rising 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  

   Ancestral 
  portraits 
  grace 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  hall, 
  in 
  which 
  

   are 
  included 
  those 
  of 
  Robert 
  called 
  "King" 
  Carter 
  and 
  

   Judith 
  Armistead, 
  his 
  first 
  wife, 
  both 
  being 
  notable 
  portraits. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  

   the 
  entrance 
  is 
  the 
  

   morning 
  - 
  room, 
  in 
  

   which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  

   old 
  mantel. 
  The 
  

   drawing 
  - 
  room, 
  on 
  

   the 
  river 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   house, 
  is 
  oblong 
  in 
  

   its 
  form. 
  The 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  to 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  

   hall 
  is 
  marked 
  by 
  a 
  

   very 
  handsome 
  

   double 
  transom, 
  

   while 
  the 
  doorway 
  

   leading 
  into 
  the 
  

   dining-room 
  has 
  a 
  

   heavy 
  molded 
  cas- 
  

   ing 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  

   carved 
  pediment 
  of 
  

   unusual 
  beauty 
  and 
  

   surrounding 
  a 
  door 
  

   of 
  mahogany. 
  On 
  

   the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  

   drawing-room 
  are 
  

   more 
  ancestral 
  por- 
  

   traits, 
  including 
  a 
  

   portrait 
  of 
  Charles 
  

   Carter 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  

   his 
  second 
  wife, 
  Ann 
  Butler 
  Moore. 
  Other 
  portraits 
  are 
  

   John 
  Carter 
  and 
  his 
  wife 
  Elizabeth 
  Hill; 
  Edward 
  Hill, 
  the 
  

   builder 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  his 
  wife; 
  Mrs. 
  Williams, 
  a 
  Welsh 
  

   lady, 
  and 
  three 
  portraits 
  by 
  St. 
  Memin 
  of 
  Williams 
  and 
  

   Robert 
  Carter, 
  and 
  Mary 
  Nelson, 
  the 
  latter's 
  wife. 
  

  

  The 
  fireplace 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  beauty, 
  with 
  its 
  fine 
  carvings 
  and 
  

  

  Family 
  Portraits 
  in 
  the 
  Main 
  Hall 
  

  

  the 
  drawing-room, 
  adjoins 
  the 
  latter, 
  and 
  thus 
  fills 
  out 
  

   the 
  river 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  handsome 
  room 
  with 
  

   paneled 
  walls 
  and 
  heavily 
  molded 
  cornices. 
  The 
  dining- 
  

   table, 
  of 
  mahogany, 
  is 
  antique 
  and 
  good 
  in 
  its 
  design, 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  side- 
  

   board, 
  of 
  the 
  Em- 
  

   pire 
  period, 
  is 
  also 
  

   an 
  antique. 
  The 
  

   old 
  Carter 
  silver, 
  

   marked 
  with 
  the 
  

   Carter 
  crest, 
  some 
  

   of 
  which 
  is 
  shown 
  

   on 
  the 
  table 
  and 
  

   sideboard, 
  is 
  still 
  

   preserved 
  by 
  the 
  

   present 
  owners 
  of 
  

   "Shirley," 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   much 
  more 
  which 
  

   is 
  now 
  on 
  exhibition 
  

   at 
  the 
  Jamestown 
  

   Exposition. 
  The 
  

   crowning 
  glory 
  of 
  

   the 
  room, 
  however, 
  

   is 
  the 
  portrait 
  of 
  

   Gen. 
  George 
  Wash- 
  

   ington, 
  painted 
  by 
  

   Charles 
  W 
  i 
  1 
  1 
  s 
  o 
  n 
  

   Peale. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  story 
  

   of 
  the 
  house 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  a 
  large 
  open 
  

   hall 
  extending 
  the 
  

   entire 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  and 
  opening 
  into 
  the 
  verandas 
  

   built 
  at 
  either 
  end. 
  Three 
  large 
  bedrooms 
  open 
  from 
  this 
  

   hall, 
  while 
  the 
  third 
  floor 
  contains 
  an 
  equal 
  number 
  of 
  

   sleeping-rooms. 
  

  

  Across 
  the 
  bowling 
  green 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  are 
  two 
  

   brick 
  buildings, 
  one 
  containing 
  the 
  kitchen 
  and 
  dairy, 
  both 
  

  

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  a 
  paneled 
  over-mantel 
  with 
  finely 
  carved 
  border. 
  There 
  

   are 
  some 
  fine 
  old 
  pieces 
  of 
  furniture 
  placed 
  about 
  the 
  room 
  

   which 
  were 
  formerly 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  founders 
  of 
  "Shirley," 
  

   but 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  furnishings 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  later 
  period. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room, 
  which 
  is 
  entered 
  from 
  both 
  the 
  hall 
  and 
  

  

  of 
  which 
  have 
  stone 
  slab 
  floors. 
  The 
  dairy 
  has 
  marble 
  

   troughs, 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  cool 
  spring 
  water 
  continually 
  

   flows, 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  building 
  contains 
  the 
  servants' 
  quar- 
  

   ters. 
  Dividing 
  these 
  structures 
  is 
  a 
  high 
  fence 
  and 
  hedge, 
  

   beyond 
  which 
  are 
  the 
  farm 
  buildings. 
  

  

  