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 can still recall the enthusiasm and vigor with which the General broke ground for this residence. He wanted his family to live in gracious American comfort, so he built his house in the fashion of the fine Greek Revival houses which he had seen back in Delaware. He insured that the house was grand and comfortable inside and out by filling it with elegant "Victorian" furnishings like the ones which fill the rooms today.
The Finest House on the Harbor | A Threshhold is Crossed | An Office of Some Importance | A Haven for Polite Company | The Family Converges | Feasts of Good Cheer | Delicious Devices | Bower For Blessed Babes | Slumber's Sanctum | Girl's Room | Boy's Room | Intimate Enclave | Lessons to Live By | A Coachman's Treasures | Pleasance of a Shady Glen
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