Lancaster, Robert Alexander, 1862- [from old catalog] · Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company · leaf 106
whiteportal of exquisite taste. Above a fan-light a massivecornice, supported by Corinthian pilasters, is capped bya carved pineapple—emblem of hospitality—within abroken pediment. 8 For full histories of the Byrds and their estates see TheWritings of Colonel William Byrd of Westover in Virginia,… … HAMPTON ROADS AND LOWER JAMES 81 The row of wonderful old tulip poplars, with theirgnarled and twisted arms, in front of the house is believedto have stood guard there for a century and a half, andthe green carpet that stretches to the edge of the bluff isas old as the trees. The main entrance to…
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