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aLOCATlON OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION,COuRTrtOUSe
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Hall - 512 Amltv Road
HREPRESENTATION INEXIST1NG SURVEYSHistoric African Buildings Survey
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i state highway in a wooded ruralarea of Bethany. the house is surrounded t>y-:tr-e*s and bushes and is somewhat obscured>y then*,- It is a frar?.« d*eli.lri^>/2H ;^tbyies tall f with th« ridge of its gable roof parallel V.t:o/.:th« co^d. .-S'^tiip^tSry^.isIi;'original to.-the .house extsnds .' jfrom the. south'rear of the '-buiLd-irtgi' ; Suil% -'"on -tb" the .north side--of this': '>li is a . shed-roofed room and extending f ronv thf .south ."Side there is ancth*r loy win,''. The latter 20th-century'addition is nearly invisible front the road* Thr^e bricjc chimneys risr a^ov^f. the moderr'.-shjagl-eii roof, two in the main house and one built Into fh* bricK rear yalo. oT rhV e'i-l, -wrtlcfl- accomodated the kitchen.' Th« house's,
'original cTapboarcs 'have be=n repleced by aluj^naja"'ones-.' but the projection of the *_,_ ,-- -.- —• • Int to-allay_ any clgl^teriDUs" eff«ct3.vl'he t^derpiming !ls of .cut
as a -r-eqular -sshlar. • '•-••" ~l~ ',.Th; central' bay ».- ~^~ .^v=—^:ey EWIJJI tacs.oe is th- n-:ost __
J^art of tht -xt«r,i=i"» - The entranc^-vay is shelt'ere-d by an op»n—p-= 7,Which is suppOTted by" two'-flu-ted Hor-ic colunns • ani corrc*^pcr:din:
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_ ; _., ._-__ = ^ .--^ij-e coiunns-and corre*^pcr:din r '•'5or-er are r.e^l-jCr;,7:-r:ts o.f nc-^sjre colu-T-ns which, in tujin -":-?/ hav-ionic cclu-^s. • The .p'ortico's serf fit is p-in-sle'd. The -erstibulatur !ls rrad--: up of a friez« witn triily-ns, 2 rev-of•.dentils,' dir.--i.TJticornice tr-scksts, £.n-c! ccrnic* rolcin^s', inclucin'j- s rop-t-turnin.:. ^dpo'r is flarjkad'by ^irtisl si^-li-r.rs cji.fls-d in' a pattern cf -jriC s^irs. Above th* door is fl'se^i-cir-c^lar'finli'jht-with''f-jtooi -.3 :/•' ^h'dj li>:* the siiciic':-»ts t ap^Ii*d ilorai l*2d orn5;n;nts, 'Concent ^iqht is a yoodsn'hiitd of oliiptic-^l cut-o-jta. v*Un a• siil'lc?*.!' <irt'h^. edg^s. .Th« eLTIpse3;have stra^-ork w.i.-nln th.«rs which r-rpe^ts
sidelight 1-seeing. : . • '. . ' • •A^ove- th* entrance is -e ?ali^i-«Jia.r» window whose tnr«*e sectior.s '«r* divi-d-id fcy
:d Ionic pilasters resti.-.^i upon, car-v-d Lr-ac^svi;. • Th-n- capital;: .srt s:; r i c>,»-.! pearl and er;--—and—dsrt r.-.i/"'!->•-«• •--- - -•-
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The-rr.^ir. cornice • *<:ha^s. on a. iar.r«r scsl.e the portico comic*-; it follows |;ong the lines of"t^-r frcnt cable *s well as forrair«v e p5f';i-3l. recurn access it*
^ jitjfere are.parroH--pan'elled pilasters'at t*ie corners of. the house, Tne tiria jrour.d. ^fl« Windows, which hsve 12/12 sash,: co'i^sifis;,p/£•'.* voided architrave-with crossecs g^d a cornice lik« ;'that on the ?aaiadiaa/vir?^o:wi"'-the cornice over the sidi ^iitrances is s-isiIUr but has th« shi^i!^,-r ^=,-1-.^- VA. •:.•f*hfc.-«-!" - J-'
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SPECIfiC GATES 1307 - built
The Wh«el*r-Beechejr. ftcuse is en- c • style or Federalist archhtcture in Co.-I'dGV.-by David H.6adl«v - Kvidiey. (177^.-j. builder/architect i>r th* period; ;>.- is as weli as the more fo-r.al Vniteci Cr.ur .: his ability to transfigure co^.T.cr.plae-" -
.- orn^ stant.
The Wheeler-R'achir K = us* is COP.?- .•«::c«?tii>n is-'the gibls cv=c t^e Palia-; 1. to r:i>:e it into a two-story p«dx.T,*;it (d ;' Canterbury-) is c*clin-j. i'h* Adam stv5« dac.ccdtive options, and in SOP.* hous-?3, number to the point of ciu-t-r. 'TM^ r. partly te^aitincj fro- its tradicionai 1. senile of the ornamentation.
Thi house's fiii-sly ex-cute-; dstoi- •, beautiful variety of light -olc.\r'-.7s, ^r." srr-ing.-d with propriety" ar.d skjll."- 1 "- tiny d-ntils in th* p'crticc, siOft ur.tr?r-c which is narrow and lioht, fioatir.- r:cor. columns. Another nic» cf-fsct Is t'i« ar^h lights and rep««acs their- l«.7din.j in 4-:i<?*'£ A marSc of iioadley's cr^ftsr^-ir..Jhlp la trve appreciated at close ran.ce: t."i« po-rticc '-; dart -carving in the Ionic pil-sst^rj o* t". window capj has be«n n^ich a^-ur-idi.as a c have a folded corriict • without rh* brack*-:
Th< interior also fos several r.otail . fluted'columns, the arc:-.55 in thi hall, ^ coiaplsts with built-in o-ricl'.*s. Th« v-^od.. beautiful- mantels are •'irvt-ss-estinci bec^usrt, sch*J=« in the formal:' rooms is ciif f sra." fc. garlands, festoons,^ fluting,^ellipses and ctrfrTi"ces^an? cianteis, Ths scale of thes.s as in the carvinn on the e-doos of. tii? r..ar.te.-cbodi«s th* Adwfi vocabulary: .g«o~stric ."- and the po-^ico and Palliiclj" t/in^'ow. r= m-r« Inclusion of the typical ..c.:-roi-:r:J •" with which Ho ad ley int£c.---^-d tnos* ^;--i"
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.f^ted ..co Ivimhs on each:'aide-''Above each pair, is 'a panel with a carved feaial* ;; figure; in. the ir.irfdle is a pcnel wi-th a floral carving; and 'between the. panels
ar.~ festooned 'ge-rlands* The mantelshelf has breaks o/er rhe deccrativs panels. Along the edce ot tJ«s. sn«lf a.r« carved festoor.s and below the shelf is a band of fluting.. Cn >itr.er side 'o* the. fireplace are two large cupboards outlined by archrs'wizh rol ding's similar to those in" the hall. The cupboards were. . originally either -alcoves."ct doorways. The other front room'has 3 Van'tel nearly 6£-formal but 'it has -single columns and urn carvings. Under the window, sills o.f this Voorvare. elliptical panel.-.- Like the .north front rocmi^.this rooni has arched rec«ss''js Cboth cotfrw-s-y.s > f'i'nnicing the Jircplace and an jlsborate dentil Isted 'jcmice. ..-.." • • - ' . ' . .
. The fc.ack' i-o'ir.s ahif up3 fairs' '• chawia'cra' are much simpler with .plainer cornices aad 'vihcsrver. pilai-t^rrif mantels.. • Th--,. north back room and -c hawser e.boye.hjve
. fce-.eh ..gr-satiy- isdjcir ied •'<*.£* '. Vs: ;th'--. hcuss's. divis.ibrl into apartrr<nt;:. T'h* kitchen in th* ell his ^ iiS^c* ;'ir-?p..lac>r. with -'^veri; ' there .is 'a smok'^ ch2r.b.*r in this stac'K ;.n the >twic. IIT ti*-ell oh tht'second floor and cstsndihi? into th- ' so.utheks: 5'.;arr.?r of .the- --aiii-.-hpuse vss a'-lar^e bailroqni (nbvi .p-irtition«ci) with pitched niariteis at ea-ch end and;-3. $.C4t', largely intagt,: built-into th*-wali-^pund
••th» p^r'inacer'-.b^ tri:e -risr-.: 'The Hjriteis h'av* p-in'ri^.d pilasters abov? .viich dr<- '.' carved elli-cic-sl •c-Tt..««r-.2'««.'".'ft'ur.:.\'i: nij above''the .op-r.'j...i- is ^ band of. fl-iting.. 'The corners ,cf th^ crfirral''jj-sfc-el-'-hay'e' f-an e^rv.ln^s, s.-=J rh* edfj.e of -thi ::iantclah^if is c-irve'q wit-:i 5 styl'is— ̂ f-stoo'n d-corafcicn and 5 rope—turn ri'oidlnc. The f^stocns ar* r-?;;?aced if, the ro.cm 1 s'coftiplex 'cornice".
• . Althouqh uv? interior..'has been parf.lM^nr.ffd irtto ;vn=!r*-rr.^|p j ,^ f 'forir.al, roo^.s• includirv; th- haH-.vdy Snd baliropci,' hav/* .retained their important'woc-1work 'i-ntact.. The ei£>-cr 5-1-2 arch«,'..' cornices ar.d' T.catels ^cohtihuft to i« the focus of . afctcntioii.
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