The Wavnesville Mountaineer
SECOND SECTION
tood Hall, Historic Raleigh Home, Being Restored
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itral gtots will
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Lns white house
he and she plans
ie quaint charm
Lhen her great-
Haywood, was
iigements will be
to ureserve inc
Vial to her moth-
who gathered
front yard was
wle, daughter of
and Mrs. Daniel
iday she is Mrs.
tis. Mrs. Fowle
od, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs.
wanted a house
lularlv in the vi-
jiurch, as she was
tchurch, and her
John, was a ves-
er warden. Also,
the site for the
fleams have been
jeigh and Pine
is! 30 years, and
come to Haleigh
tier searching
a suitable home,
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HAYVVOOD HALL at 211 New Bern Avenue was built in 1792 by John Haywood, and is notable for its double-dock entrance porch of classic
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design. The present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Stearns, plan to restore
was when Mrs. Stearns' great-grandfather. John Haywood, was master
furnishings.
"1 want very much to preserve
the original construction of the
house," Mrs. Stearns said, "and I
wantvto furnish and decorate il
much as it was when my great
'of the Krenoji. It was purchased
when Fabius Haywood was mar
ried, and reflected the gay gath
erings in his home at the corner
of Fayetteville and Morgan streets
where the State Library is now
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John Haywood Was
State Treasurer 40
Years and First Mayor
Of Raleigh
John Haywood, for whom Hay
wood county was named served
for 40 vears as treasurer for the
state of North Carolina until his
death in 1827.
Ho held a number of other pub
lit offices, being the first mayor of
Kaleigh In 1792 he built Haywood
Hall at 211 New Bern Avenue in
the capital city; the restoration of
which is now being carried out by
his great-granddaughter.
Horn in Kdgecombe county Feb
23, 17S5, Haywood look a leading
part in the early growth of Ins
state, and was one of the must
popular men of his day. He was
clerk for provisional congresses and ( ' I .O i Si F. ( 'hi ne-e vases on the living room nianlel
general assemblies dining the 11. i- .,l ,,nM .n.iis nl magnolia from a tree imported horn I
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olutionarv War. and in 17H7
unanimously elected stale treasur
er. lie was a member of the lirvl
board of trustees for the University
of North Carolina, serving on the
committee which selected its silt
grows in I i : i el
I lay ' ood. eldi -I
v..iil at Havvfond Ha
,ui ol John Haywood and
I'he noiirait is Or
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Colli i i u- town and another prominent John ll.iyv.ood
.o.mI unc naiiKil in who served as jud::e on the -un
i Supreme Court before nuiv.n
sime era there was Tennessee.
to
Grandfather lived here.'' Along Later, it was taken to Governor
furnishing lines, Mrs. Stearns was Fowle s house, a large Colonial
very fortunate, for in her Sche- house on the site of the Sir Walter
o,."i .riv N v home she had manv hotel. When he was elected gov-
pieees which had come from the ei nor. the mirror went to the man
home of Mr. Stearns' great-grand-1 sion with the Fowles. When Gov
father from Massachusetts. Also, lei nor Fowle died, it was shipped
she has been able to obtain a few lo Chicago, then lo Atlanta to Mr.
of (he Haywood pieces such as and Mrs. Stearns, and it went with
whatnots, a hatraek and a book-jlhem to Pittsfield, Mass., and to
case ! Schenectady. Finally, the mueh-
The visitor is impressed with' travelled mirror has come back to
the grace with which the New Eng-, its original home
land furniture fits its setting be
low the Mason-Dixon line. It
seems always to have been in the
rooms of Haywood Hall, and the
rooms lack the stiff, museum-like
atmosphere which is so often the
case when restorations' are at
tempted
"We haven't had any over
whelming problems in connection
with doing the house over," Mrs.
Stearns said. "The plumbing is
rather bad, however, and we have
had to reinforce ceilings on the
second floor." -
There are no closets, hut there
A.iai.,,, i,,..,f,. immrtiiD rp ;eviijl laree armoires an-
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something of the owners' tastes to tlque pieces which are larger
the house, there is a pair of amre than many apartment closets.
the original kitchen is
a suitable home, ""- v i-- ouii.i,t - " . " . , 4K
Ichased Havwood the living room mantel, along with; 20 feet from the house, part of the
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into a roomy, red and white kitch
en, modern version. The remain
ing Dortion of the lattice-work
porch will become an out-door liv
ing room.
The house was two years in the
building and this is understand
able when one looks at the hand-
ts placed on the 'antique Staffordshire dogs. In the
Haywood Bridg-
ierited it from his
ywood.
jBtearns were pri
& in establishing
imselves, but the
ijto one of historic
dining room on the buffet there
are two pineapple-shaped mahog
any knife-boxes, brought from
England.
In the living room there is a
tall, floor-length mirror. The mir-
rnr ic CTnlrl-f ratnpd and slender.
the house and its graceful in a fashion reminiscent
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ANTIQUE chest which belonged lo Mr. Slearns" family stands in
the hallway. Note the panelled wainscoting which prevails in rooms
on the first and second floors, and is filled wilh clav in back for
warmth and to reduce fire hazard.
carved Chinese Chippendale wood- was a fairly larg,
work and the hand-hewn timbers ; Little Alary and
held together by wooden pegs or floated boxes in
Vinnri-U'l-nllPllt nails I WaUCd. 100
pool of water,
her playmates
the pool and
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SJ? -end the ZwSbed
rtiioi. ""uuwrK ana tne rea-umea appie ihuovc; -.-- -- ... which
pucn reicnaH . j TT.ii m u miv t spn stairs to tne tuira noor wmtu
naywuua Llail, x u ui "v
Most of ttie rooms have panelled
wainscoting for about four feet
from the floor, and the space back
of this panelling is filled with
clay. Mr. Stearns said this was
probably done to decrease the fire
haazrd and give additional warmth,
but it really presenled a problem
when it came to electrical wiring
and plumbing, he added.
Gardening is Mrs. Stearns' hob
by, and she plans to have a rose
garden at Haywood Hall. She has
begun planting grass and a few
varieties of flowers, and there will
be a garden of flowering shrubs to
thp left of the house, which will
j provide berries for the birds in
the fall. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Stearns are bird enthusiasts, and
already there are numerous feed
ing stations on the grounds.
When Mrs. Stearns was little
Mary Haywood Fowle. Centennial
public school was where the Me
morial auditorium is today. The
business district ended wilh the
old Yarborough hotel, which stood
where Hudson-Belk is. and at the
lower end of Fayetteville street
were Colonial-type houses.
When the building of the pres
ent Governor's Mansion was aban
doned for lack of funds. Governor
Fowle moved in anyway, and asked
the General Assembly for an ap
propriation of $5,000 to finish it.
He received $2,500.
The work continued with convict i
labdr and bricks and mortar were J
made in the basement where there ,
Since Mr. and Mrs. Stearns have
returned to Haywood Hall, she
says there has been wide interest
among neighbors and townspeople
in their attempts to restore and
preserve I he place; and she and
Mr. Stearns feel thai they have
truly found the home for which
they were looking.
CALF VISITS MOVIE
HARTFORD OTV. lnd. UP
"at ions of a local theater were
ilartled to find tha; they were not
the only ones viewing the movies.
Prancing down Ihe aisle was a calf
which had jumpei; out of a passing
truck.
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RARE English mahogany kiuli
l'hyfe.
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Art
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adorn the bulTe!. The dmnu table
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