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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar51908newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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324 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS August, 1908 Chief Justice Chase was the son of an Epis- copal clergyman, a n early friend to and supporter of Colonial liberty and a member of the Continental Congress, and in 1776 he went with Charles Carroll and others to stir up rebellion in Canada. In 1796, he was appointed asso- ciate justice of the United States Supreme Court, which post he held until his death in 1811. Its next occupant was Governor Lloyd, who was Maryland's chief executive from 1809 to 1811 ; and he, in turn sold it to his son-in-law, Henry Harwood. Captain Edward Gibson, of the United States Navy, was the next pur- chaser; and in 1847, li was bought from him by Miss Hester Ann Chase, the daughter of Chief Justice Jeremiah Townley Chase. Mrs. Hester Ann Chase Ridout, granddaughter Chief Justices, Samuel and Jeremiah Chase, owner; and she, by be- quest, left it as a home for aged, infirm and destitute women. This "Chase Home" was opened in 1897. No. VI shows the facade of the front with i t s ornamental door, represented again at closer range in No. XI. The front door, it will be no- ticed, is paneled, sur- mounted by a fan- light and flanked by a window on each side. These windows have a practical use because they light the hall, which is one of the chief features of the Chase House. This hall is forty-five feet long and more than fourteen feet wide. The stairway (see No. VII) is di- rectly opposite the front door. It starts with a single flight of eleven steps to the first landing, from which a double flight of steps of the two ascends to the second floor; these separate flights are sup- was the next ported by Ionic pillars, which stand on either side of the
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  • bookyear:1905
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Architecture_Domestic
  • booksubject:Landscape_gardening
  • bookpublisher:New_York_Munn_and_Co
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:548
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