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The Thirtieth Annual Rappahannock House Tour and Dried Flower Sale will be held on October 18 and 19. The three houses slated for this year’s tour will be open from 11 a. m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Headquarters for the event will be the Parish Hall of Trinity Episcbpal Church in historic Washington, Virginia.
The Parish Hall will also serve as sales room for the hundreds of arrangements of dried flowers prepared by the ladies of Trinity Church and others in the community who, since spring, have been growing, collecting and drying the thousands of blossoms, greens and pieces of foliage that go into these arrangements.
The first of the houses to be shown on this year’s tour is Caledonia Farm, owned by Phil Irwin and located approximately 4.4 miles north of Washington on State Rt. 628. Beautifully situated at the foot of The Peak Mountain, the house was built in 1812 by Captain John Dearing of local fieldstone and mud mortar. The stone work in its twofoot thick walls is unusually fine; note the sharp edges of the outside corners.
The house also features solid 32 foot beams running its length, original mantels, panelled windows and wide pine-board floors. The ceiling beams in the living room were uncovered during the 1965 restoration. The living room mantel is believed to have been done by former Hessian soldiers who stayed on in the area as carpenters following the Revolution.
The original design, as it did for many houses of the period in this area, provided for two rooms to a floor. Captain Dearing, however, made two rooms from one on the main floor and provided each with a unique diagonal comer fireplace. Of the six fireplaces in the main house, three are operational and unusual in that they share a common flue.
The winter kitchen is located in the basement and the new wing of the main house contains the dining room with a modem kitchen adjacent.
At one time the house boasted its own “crying baby” ghost, heard by many in the past but not in recent years. Perhaps the additions and other remodeling have caused it to seek more customary quarters elsewhere.
The former slave kitchen/servants’ quarters, connected to the main house by a covered 30 foot portico, now serve as guest quarters. The original kitchen with its usual large fireplace, again as it was in the 1800’s, is now a living room. Above are bedroom and bath. This building is also of local stone.
Remodeling of rooms in both buildings has retained their original charm and the colonial color scheme.
In addition to the antique fumi
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