“ Hey Bonnie Hall ” 
“Hey Bonnie Hall’s” 
original owner. At 
the farther end of the 
hall rises the stair¬ 
case, some five feet 
wide, with treads of 
solid mahogany and 
simple but substan¬ 
tial balusters of the 
same wood on either 
side. Two narrow 
windows and quaint 
leaded fanlights over 
the broad doors at 
either end of the hall¬ 
way serve to make 
the room light and 
cheerful, and there 
are also four large 
glass panels set in 
each door. 
The furnishings of 
the hall, and of the 
entire house, for that 
matter, are such as 
one seldom finds. 
On every si d’e, 
against the charming 
HALLWAY IN MI DDL ETON HOUSE 
THE GROINED CEILING IS WELL DEFINED HERE 
background of dull 
green and white are 
treasures of colonial 
days; finely carved 
bits of Hepplewhite, 
Sheraton, and Chip¬ 
pendale, some of 
which were brought 
t o Am erica by 
Henry Middleton, 
when the country 
consisted of only New 
England, Carolina 
and Virginia, as 
shown on an old 
atlas now in the 
house. 
One splendid cab¬ 
inet contains a col¬ 
lection of rarest old 
family china, precious 
pieces of Lowestoft, 
Chelsea, and Sevres, 
while just beyond 
this is the massive 
sideboard laden with 
exquisite silverware, 
a few of the oldest 
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