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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  November, 
  1907 
  

  

  handsomely 
  carved, 
  using 
  the 
  pine 
  apple 
  as 
  the 
  symbol 
  of 
  

   hospitality. 
  Both 
  entrance 
  ways 
  open 
  into 
  the 
  elaborately 
  

   carved 
  and 
  paneled 
  hall, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  fourteen 
  feet 
  wide 
  

   and 
  extends 
  through 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  The 
  wood- 
  

   work 
  here 
  is 
  treated 
  with 
  an 
  old 
  ivory-white 
  paint. 
  The 
  

   fine 
  staircase 
  is 
  of 
  extra 
  width, 
  and 
  its 
  crowning 
  glory 
  

   is 
  its 
  twisted 
  balusters 
  carved 
  out 
  of 
  solid 
  ma- 
  

   hogany 
  brought 
  from 
  England. 
  

  

  The 
  drawing-room, 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   hall, 
  is 
  heavily 
  paneled, 
  and 
  has 
  ornamental 
  

   cornices 
  of 
  great 
  beauty. 
  The 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  

   room 
  is 
  the 
  chimney-piece, 
  which 
  Colonel 
  

   Byrd 
  imported 
  from 
  Italy. 
  It 
  

   has 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  white 
  marble 
  ped- 
  Door 
  f 
  the 
  

   iment 
  and 
  borders, 
  contrasting 
  Ri 
  ver 
  Front 
  

   in 
  a 
  striking 
  manner 
  with 
  the 
  

   background 
  of 
  black-veined 
  marble. 
  Colonel 
  

   Byrd 
  paid 
  the 
  equivalent 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  dollars 
  for 
  it, 
  

   which 
  shows 
  the 
  

   magnificent 
  manner 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  master 
  

   of 
  Westover 
  lived 
  

   in 
  the 
  old 
  Colonial 
  

   days. 
  Steps 
  from 
  

   this 
  room, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   from 
  the 
  library, 
  

   lead 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  

   loggia, 
  from 
  which 
  

   access 
  is 
  obtained 
  to 
  

   the 
  ballroom. 
  The 
  

   loggia 
  has 
  windows 
  

   on 
  either 
  side, 
  which 
  

   when 
  closed 
  in 
  win- 
  

   ter 
  convert 
  it 
  into 
  a 
  

   perfect 
  sunroom. 
  It 
  

   contains 
  green 
  

   wicker 
  furniture, 
  and 
  

   has 
  plenty 
  of 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  palms 
  and 
  plants 
  

   placed 
  about 
  it. 
  The 
  

   ballroom 
  beyond 
  is 
  a 
  

   fine 
  room, 
  with 
  

   paneled 
  walls 
  from 
  

   the 
  floor 
  to 
  the 
  ceil- 
  

   ing, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  

   heavily 
  molded 
  and 
  

   dentalled 
  cornice, 
  all 
  

   painted 
  old 
  ivory- 
  

  

  white. 
  The 
  stage 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  has 
  a 
  

   fully 
  equipped 
  lighting 
  apparatus 
  for 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  amateur 
  plays 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  an 
  

   orchestra 
  when 
  Terpsichorean 
  delights 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  

   indulged 
  in. 
  The 
  stage 
  is 
  supplied 
  with 
  dressing- 
  

   rooms 
  and 
  an 
  outside 
  entrance 
  thereto. 
  It 
  makes 
  

   an 
  admirable 
  adjunct 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  country 
  mansion 
  

   such 
  as 
  Westover 
  is. 
  Connecting 
  with 
  the 
  draw- 
  

   ing-room 
  and 
  also 
  with 
  the 
  hall 
  is 
  the 
  library, 
  

   with 
  paneled 
  walls 
  from 
  the 
  floor 
  to 
  the 
  ceiling, 
  

   treated 
  also 
  with 
  old 
  ivory-white 
  paint. 
  Book- 
  

   cases 
  of 
  mahogany 
  are 
  built 
  in 
  and 
  the 
  fireplace 
  

   has 
  a 
  marble 
  mantel 
  imported 
  from 
  Italy. 
  

  

  Across 
  the 
  hall 
  from 
  the 
  drawing-room 
  is 
  the 
  

   morning-room, 
  which 
  is 
  designed 
  and 
  furnished 
  

   in 
  the 
  Louis 
  XV 
  style. 
  There 
  are 
  sea-green 
  panels 
  with 
  

   cream-white 
  trim 
  from 
  the 
  floor 
  to 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  The 
  fireplace 
  

   has 
  modern 
  buff 
  brick 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  and 
  an 
  exquisitely 
  

   carved 
  mantel. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room, 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  entrance 
  and 
  

   across 
  the 
  hall 
  from 
  the 
  library, 
  has 
  paneled 
  walls 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  heavy 
  molded 
  cornice, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  painted 
  old 
  ivory-white. 
  

   The 
  fireplace 
  has 
  a 
  finely 
  carved 
  mantel. 
  The 
  sideboard 
  is 
  

   a 
  fine 
  old 
  Hepplewhite, 
  and 
  the 
  lowboy, 
  the 
  corner 
  closets 
  

   and 
  other 
  furniture 
  are 
  of 
  mahogany. 
  A 
  

   arge 
  square 
  hall 
  connects 
  the 
  dining- 
  

   room 
  with 
  the 
  butler's 
  pantry; 
  this 
  is 
  

   arge 
  and 
  ample 
  in 
  size, 
  and 
  is 
  fitted 
  

   with 
  the 
  best 
  modern 
  conveniences. 
  

   It 
  gives 
  access 
  to 
  another 
  large 
  

   hall, 
  with 
  exterior 
  entrances 
  on 
  

   either 
  side, 
  beyond 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  

   large, 
  square 
  kitchen 
  in 
  the 
  

   west 
  wing. 
  Here 
  also 
  is 
  the 
  

   laundry 
  and 
  a 
  hall 
  staircase 
  by 
  

   which 
  the 
  servants' 
  quarters 
  on 
  

   the 
  second 
  floor 
  are 
  reached. 
  

   The 
  chambers 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

   floor 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  house 
  are 
  fin- 
  

   ished 
  and 
  decorated 
  with 
  the 
  

   same 
  elegance 
  and 
  refinement 
  

   which 
  mark 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  

   lower 
  rooms; 
  in 
  fact, 
  every 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  house 
  gives 
  proof 
  of 
  the 
  wealth 
  

   and 
  taste 
  of 
  its 
  founders 
  and 
  owners. 
  

   Romantic 
  interest 
  is 
  centered 
  in 
  the 
  

   sleeping-room 
  which 
  was 
  occupied 
  by 
  

   Evelyn 
  Byrd, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  directly 
  

   over 
  the 
  morning-room. 
  

  

  William 
  Byrd, 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  fam- 
  

   ily 
  of 
  that 
  name 
  to 
  reach 
  America, 
  mi- 
  

   grated 
  with 
  his 
  bride, 
  about 
  1674, 
  

   from 
  England 
  to 
  Virginia, 
  having 
  

   come 
  from 
  the 
  little 
  town 
  of 
  Broxton 
  

   in 
  the 
  County 
  of 
  Chester. 
  Little 
  is 
  

   known 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  and 
  transactions 
  

   from 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  arrival 
  in 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia 
  until 
  his 
  decease, 
  except 
  that 
  he 
  

   had 
  large 
  patents 
  of 
  land. 
  The 
  Gov- 
  

   ernment 
  gave 
  him 
  a 
  liberal 
  grant 
  of 
  

  

  Tomb 
  of 
  

   Colonel 
  William 
  Byrd 
  

  

  The 
  Main 
  Approach 
  to 
  the 
  House 
  Is 
  Through 
  a 
  Gateway 
  of 
  Early 
  Wrought 
  Iron 
  

  

  land 
  contingent 
  on 
  his 
  settling, 
  with 
  fifty 
  able-bodied 
  men, 
  

   at 
  the 
  falls 
  of 
  the 
  James 
  River, 
  where 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   Richmond, 
  and 
  where 
  formerly 
  stood 
  a 
  block 
  house 
  which 
  

   was 
  erected 
  in 
  1645 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  settlers 
  from 
  the 
  Indians. 
  

   William 
  Byrd, 
  while 
  having 
  large 
  patents 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia, 
  really 
  got 
  his 
  start 
  in 
  life 
  from 
  his 
  uncle, 
  Capt. 
  Thomas 
  

  

  