March, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



109 



the nineteenth cen- 

 tury. It previously 

 occupied the fourth 

 side of the hollow 

 square, facing the 

 water, and making 

 the arrangement of 

 the buildings rect- 

 angular. A secret 

 passage is said to 

 have connected with 

 the wharf, and 

 boats were always 

 in waiting, so that 

 the unpopular head 

 of government 

 might escape at any 

 moment, if his life 

 seemed in danger. 

 A visit to the huge, 

 rambling cellar, 

 where the builder of 

 the mansion kept 

 stalls for thirty 

 horses, and a second 

 look at the gun- 

 racks, in hall and 

 c o u n c i 1-chamber, 

 will go far to con- 

 vince us that the 

 great man, whose 

 personality is 



stamped so deeply upon this interesting pile, led an uneasy his earthly achievements in this house, which embodies many 

 life. Though he left no descendants, he was more fortunate of his ideals. Always a house of deep interest it is a signifi- 

 than many in being able to leave so lasting a memorial of cant fact that it is as much so to-day as in the past. 



A Spinning Wheel and Old English Spinet Are Now the Chief Articles of Furniture in the Billiard-room 



The Narrow Hallway Is Severely Plain and Strictly Colonial in Type 



skets of the Governor's Guard Above a Hall Door 



