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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  

  son, 
  who 
  has 
  many 
  later 
  deeds, 
  including 
  those 
  to 
  

   Nathaniel 
  Harrison 
  dated 
  1698, 
  1720, 
  1724 
  

   and 
  1725. 
  

  

  The 
  date 
  of 
  Captain 
  Martin's 
  death 
  is 
  un- 
  

   known, 
  but 
  at 
  least 
  he 
  was 
  living 
  in 
  1626-1627; 
  

   his 
  grave, 
  which 
  is 
  doubtless 
  at 
  Brandon, 
  is 
  un- 
  

   known 
  and 
  unmarked. 
  The 
  connection 
  between 
  

   Martin 
  and 
  the 
  Harrisons 
  is 
  not 
  clear. 
  An 
  En- 
  

   sign 
  Harrison, 
  who 
  was 
  probably 
  Harmon 
  Har- 
  

   rison, 
  came 
  to 
  Virginia 
  in 
  1608, 
  and 
  was 
  com- 
  

   plained 
  of, 
  together 
  with 
  Captain 
  Martin, 
  before 
  

   the 
  First 
  Assembly 
  in 
  1619. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  there 
  

   was 
  a 
  relationship 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  men, 
  but 
  it 
  

   is 
  at 
  least 
  certain 
  that 
  Brandon, 
  with 
  its 
  ten 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  acres, 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  Harrison 
  family, 
  and 
  

   became 
  completely 
  identified 
  with 
  it, 
  for 
  at 
  a 
  very 
  

   early 
  time 
  it 
  became 
  their 
  ancestral 
  home. 
  

  

  The 
  earliest 
  buildings 
  on 
  the 
  plantation 
  were 
  

   long 
  since 
  swept 
  away 
  to 
  make 
  room 
  for 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  stately 
  mansion, 
  commenced, 
  doubtless, 
  by 
  

   Colonel 
  Nathaniel 
  Harrison 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  eighteenth 
  century; 
  it 
  was 
  completed 
  by 
  his 
  

   son, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name. 
  It 
  is 
  thoroughly 
  typical 
  

   of 
  the 
  old 
  Colonial 
  architecture 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  being 
  

   built 
  of 
  brick, 
  with 
  two 
  wings. 
  The 
  latter 
  are 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  the 
  center, 
  the 
  brick 
  being 
  laid 
  in 
  

   Flemish 
  bond, 
  the 
  northern 
  wing 
  having 
  black 
  

   headers. 
  The 
  house 
  is 
  built 
  on 
  a 
  high 
  bluff 
  and 
  

   is 
  about 
  six 
  hundred 
  feet 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  river. 
  A 
  

   landing 
  at 
  the 
  water's 
  edge 
  abuts 
  against 
  a 
  path 
  

   by 
  which 
  the 
  main 
  entrance 
  is 
  reached. 
  A 
  great 
  

   central 
  hall, 
  completely 
  wainscoted, 
  fills 
  the 
  cen- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  Its 
  depth 
  is 
  broken 
  by 
  a 
  triple 
  

   arch, 
  supported 
  on 
  Ionic 
  columns, 
  beneath 
  one 
  

   of 
  which 
  rises 
  the 
  stairway 
  that 
  leads 
  to 
  the 
  

   billiard-room, 
  which 
  is 
  directly 
  over 
  the 
  hall. 
  

  

  A 
  Corner 
  of 
  the 
  Garden 
  Showing 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  Fine 
  Old 
  Yew 
  Trees 
  

  

  The 
  Overgrown 
  Box 
  Hedge 
  in 
  Front 
  of 
  the 
  Garden 
  Side 
  of 
  the 
  Mansion 
  

   Still 
  Flourishes 
  in 
  Splendid 
  Growth 
  

  

  The 
  Block 
  House 
  Used 
  a 
  

   Brandon 
  when 
  A 
  

  

  