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This
is a typical town house with an outbuilding
behind.
Brick
was a commonly used building material. This is the Roscoe
Cole House, originally built in 1812.
The
interiors have likewise been restored to reflect eighteenth
century life. Here is a writing desk and washbasin as they
would have appeared in the house of the gentry or a
well-to-do businessman.
This
bedroom is in the Wythe House. George Wythe was a well-known
lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a
teacher of Thomas Jefferson. The pattern on the cloth is
called toille ("twall") and was popular for those who could
afford it.
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