Committee Works To Preserve Governor's Mansion
Interior
By Mrs. Dan K. Moore
The gracious City of Ral
eigh has been North Caro
lina's seat of government
since 1788. Since that time
the State's Governors have
been provided with three Res
idences. The present one is
located at 200 North B^unt
Street, and was completed in
1890. It has been termed
"the perfect example of
Queen Anne Cottage style of
architecture". While it was
designed by the most re
nowned architects of its era,
the men who crafted its
bricks and shaped its timbers
were inmates of the State's
prison.
The three stofy Mansion,
consisting of 36 rooms, is
constructed of North Caro
lina sandstone and hardwood.
It has eight gables and
lemon ? rer 3 nn
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numerous porches and bal
conies. The Mansion is open
to the public Tuesday
through Friday, from 10 a.m.
to 12 noon, September
through May. Tours for the
visiting public are conducted
by docents supplied on a vol
unteer basis from Civic organ
izations of Raleigh. The first
floor, a spacious and beauti
ful place, consists of a large
entrance hall with sixteen
foot ceilings and Corinthean
columns, two parlors, a ball
room, library, State dining
room, kitchen, offices for the
First Lady and for the patrol
men and security guards as
signed to the Mansion. The
second floor, with its seven
bedrooms and baths, two
family living rooms and
dining area, provides gracious
and comfortable living
quarters for the First Family.
It is never on tour and thus
visited only by invitation.
Less than two months
after coming to live at the
Executive Mansion I felt the
need for a knowledgeable, in
terested group to help pre
serve and enrich this beautiful
old house. In March 1965 I
called a press conference and
announced the formation of
the Executive Mansion Fine
Arts Committee. Its purpose
being: to preserve and main
tain the Executive Mansion as
an historical asset of value io
the State; to improve the
furnishings by encouraging
gifts of objects of art, and
furniture with historical or '
aesthetic value; to serve as a
screening committee to deter
mine the suitability and use
of each gift offered; to review
Farmers Need
Good Laws
"Farmers have to cultivate
good laws as well as good
crops in order to be success
ful today," the president of
the Franklin County Farm
Bureau said this week.
The local farm leader, Ben
ny Ray Gupton of Wood,
noted that county, state and
national laws "can either help
farmers or hurt them. It's up
to the farmer to see that
legislation beneficial to agri
culture is written into the
books."
Gupton said that farm
land in North Carolina should,
be appraised and taxed on the
basis of its value for farming
purposes according to Farm
Bureau members throughout
the state. Farm Bureau has
worked with past sessions of
the North Carolina General
Assembly to get such legisla
tive authority and an all-out
effort will be made again this
year.
Gupton said that the most
effective way for the farmer
to be heard is "by raising his
voice in unison with his fel
low fanners. This is the kind
of group action which Farm
Bureau uses, and it gets re
sults."
Gupton issued an appeal
to Franklin County Farmers
"to foln Farm Bureau during
the current membership en
rollment, and let people
know .that fanners are deter
mined to solve their own pro
blems, and that they're work
ing together to do it."
The Franklin Farm
Bureau, with a current enroll
ment of 1049 farm families,
has set 4 goal of 1200 families
on the rolls by the close of
the membership drive.
and approve any major reno
vations or changes to the
Mansion of Archives and His
tory. to keep a complete list
of gifts with their history and
value for future reference;
and to publicize the work of
this committee so that the
public would be aware at all
times of what is being done.
This committee has se
cured in funds and gifts of
furniture, from private
sources, in excess of
S125.000. In 1967. at the
request of the Covernor. it
was made a statutory body
by the General Assembly, and
is now known as the Execu
tive Mansion Fine Arts Com
mission.
A landscape architect has
been retained and plans
drawn up for the improve
ment of the grounds. Funds
were appropriated for this
project by the 1967 General
Assembly.
In addition to serving as a
Residence for North Caro
lina's Governor and his
family, the Executive Man
sion is the scene of hundreds
of teas, dinners, luncheons,
receptions, and other social
functions throughout the
year. To assist the First Lady
in these many duties the Man
sion is staffed with a hostess
housekeeper and some
twenty servants. In order to
handle these events more ef
ficiently, the antiquated
kitchen has just been re
modeled with funds also sup
plied by General Assembly.
Appropriate and dignified un
iforms have been secured for
all the servants.
A new garage has been
constructed to more ade
quately protect the two cars
furnished to the Governor
and his family by the State.
A booklet has been pub
lished on the Mansion con
taining authenticated history
as well as color photographs
of both the first and second
floors. It is on sale through
the State Department of
Archives and History. A color
slide program on the Man
sion. with appropriate narra
tion. has been prepared to be
used by organizations and the
public schools, and is also
available through the Depart
ment of Archives and His
tory.
Efforts are being made to
have the Mansion designated
as a historic Landmark there
by helping to insure its per
manency, as this is a very
important house in the life of
a very important State. It is
so because Governors and
their families have lived and
loved and worked here for
more than seven decades. It is
truly a house where history
walks, where dreams are
realized and defeats accepted
with regret and resignation.
Why Not?
"What's the matter with
you?" the wife demanded.
"Monday you liked beans.
Tuesday you liked beans.
Wednesday you liked beans:
now Thursday, all of a sud
den, you don't like beans."
Exterior
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Detroit--Ford Motors
Company announced a 1.6
per cent increase in the list
price of its 1969 models. This
follows the pattern presented
by General Motors and has
been approved by the Presi
dent. The average increase is
about $47.
Cooler Tomorrow
Judge (in a traffic court):
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this time, but another day I'll
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Prisoner: "Sort of a weath
er forecast, eh, Judge?"
"What do you mean?"
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morrow."
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