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The 36th annual Rappahannock House Toot and Dried Flower Sale, sponsored by the Churchwomen of Bromfield Parish, will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17 and 18.
The three houses to be shown on this year’s tour will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Headquarters for the event will be the Parish Hall of Trinity Episcopal Church in historic Washington, Va.
The Parish Hall will also serve as sales room for hundreds of dried flower arrangements prepared by ladies of Trinity Church and others in the community. Box lunches by ladies of Washington First Baptist Church will also be available.
The first of these is The Meadows, located at the foot of Porter Street in Washington, the home of Edward and Martha Barton. The lovely house had its beginning, as did so many in the county, as a log cabin, this one having been built by Francis Browning prior to 1749.
It is now incorporated into the southern part of the north wing and the original logs are still seen in a closet on the lower floor. About 1781 the cabin passed to William Porter who added a second story and a twostory addition to the north end.
William and his wife Sarah had 13 children here. In 1810 Porter built the four-story Federal house adjoining to the south but the two were not connected until the 1950’s.
In 1822 the property was deeded to Dr. Daniel Mason who married Sarah, daughter of William and Sarah Porter, in 1819. Ten children of this marriage were bom in the house. In 1845 the property was named The Meadows.
The Mason name returned to the Meadows in 1905 when Clay Mason married Katherine Strother. It is interesting to note that the earliest record of a postmaster in Washington is a John Strother, located here in 1804.
The main entrance to the house is on the second floor which leads into a wide hall. To the left is a formal dining room with two matching fireplaces faced in black, Brazilian granite.
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