. Historic Virginia homes and churches . and was a personage in the society of Williams-burg, where she made her home, until her death in the articles of furniture which she brought overwas the mahogany dining-table at which Johnson had beenentertained, and which is still in Williamsburg. It is probable that the house was formerly owned byINIadam Paradises father. THE CARTER HOUSE On the opposite side of the street from the ParadiseHouse and somewhat farther down, is the many-dormered,white frame dwelling which was the towii house of RobertCarter (1728-1804) of Nomini Hall, Westmore
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . and was a personage in the society of Williams-burg, where she made her home, until her death in the articles of furniture which she brought overwas the mahogany dining-table at which Johnson had beenentertained, and which is still in Williamsburg. It is probable that the house was formerly owned byINIadam Paradises father. THE CARTER HOUSE On the opposite side of the street from the ParadiseHouse and somewhat farther down, is the many-dormered,white frame dwelling which was the towii house of RobertCarter (1728-1804) of Nomini Hall, WestmorelandCounty, who was long a member of the Colonial Counciland was familiarly known as Councillor Carter. Present-day readers have made the acquaintance of There is an interesting note on Paradise in William and MaryQtiarterly, vi, 58. 30 VlK(;iMA IIOMKS AND CHURCHES Councillor Caitu- and his family and friends through theexceedinglv quaint and delightful journal of Phdip ^ ickersFithiaii —a tutor at Xoinini just heforc the THE OLD CAPITOL AND CLERKS OFFICE All that is left of that noble, beautiful and com-modious pile, the Capitol, within whose walls so muchhistory, not only of Virginia but of America, was made,are the brick foundations lying across the foot of Duke ofGloucester Street and rising but little above the grass thatfills the space between them with friendly green. Theyshow the building to have been a large H-shaped structure,lying sideways to the street. The rear side was the Houseof Hurgesses. The site is now the property of the Asso-ciation for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, which * Williams, Philip Vickers Fithiun, Journal and Letters, 1767-177If. rrinccton. 1900. WILLIAMSBURG 31 has placed upon it a granite boulder, bearing a broir/etablet appropriately inscribed, and capped the old I)rick-work with concrete, to prevent further decay. Across Capitol Street on the left is a stout brick build-mg, now part of a dwelling, but formerly tiie o
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