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Fancy Farm is a historic plantation house located at Kelso Mill, near Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1785, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling in the Late Georgian style. It has a metal gable roof and two interior end chimneys. The interior features original woodwork. The house was restored in 1969–1971.
The roster includes two C-19 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Denver & Rio Grande in 1881. When retired from service in Colorado, they were D&RGW No. 340 Green River (formerly D&RG #400, named Gold Nugget No. 40 for many years on the GT&C) from the Denver & Rio Grande Western and RGS No. 41 Red Cliff (recently renamed Walter K at the 60th ...
Smailholm Tower, showing the barmkin wall in the foreground. Smailholm Tower was originally built in the 15th century or early 16th century by the Pringle family. [3] This family, originally Hoppringle, who were followers of the Earl of Douglas, held the lands of Smailholm from the early 15th century, and managed part of Ettrick Forest for their feudal superior.
Gunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, United States. [4] [5] Built between 1755 [6] and 1759 [7] by George Mason, a Founding Father, to be the main residence and headquarters of a 5,500-acre (22 km 2) slave plantation.
Mellerstain House, viewed from the lawn to the south east. Mellerstain Lake, with the house seen in the distance. Mellerstain House is a stately home around 8 miles (13 kilometres) north of Kelso in the Borders, Scotland. It is currently the home of George Baillie-Hamilton, 14th Earl of Haddington, and is designated as a historical monument.
James Ballantyne (15 January 1772 – 26 January 1833) was a Scottish solicitor, editor and publisher who worked for his friend Sir Walter Scott.His brother John Ballantyne (1774–1821) was also with the publishing firm, which is noted for the publication of the Novelist's Library (1820), and many works edited or written by Scott.
"Welles House" (1770) - Colonial style original country homestead of the Welles family of Boston and Paris. " H. H. Hunnewell estate " (1851) - Italianate style residence of H. H. Hunnewell (1810-1902) and his wife Isabella Pratt Welles, designed by Arthur Gilman , and including renowned lakeside Italian Garden (1854), the first topiary garden ...
The 1.25-mile (2.01 km) driveway lies within the 491-acre (1.99 km 2) estate that occupies portions of three municipalities.The main buildings and 327 acres (1.32 km 2) are in the Borough of Peapack-Gladstone, 124 acres (0.50 km 2) are in the Borough of Far Hills, and 40 acres (160,000 m 2) are in Bedminster Township.