Showing posts with label Hampton National Historic Site. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hampton National Historic Site. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The Not-So-Glamorous Life

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To end my visit I took a walk down the path to the farm section of the plantation. Here the story is wildly different than the mansion. The ...
Friday, April 5, 2024

Ice Ice Baby

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Another interesting feature on the grounds is the ice house. This underground chamber was filled with blocks of ice in the winter and the st...
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

A Winter Stroll

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I headed outside to look at the grounds. On the left, I was able to get a view of the back of the house and the orangery (literally a place ...
Monday, April 1, 2024

All That Glitters--No Foolin'

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Happy April Fool's Day! It's time for a bonus post in my tradition of "No Foolin--it's another scrapbook layout!". Ano...
Friday, March 29, 2024

From Dining Table to Kitchen

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The formal dining room is one of the rooms off the main hall. It was set for a lavish Christmas feast. Not only are the dishes fancy, but th...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Christmas Spirit

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I moved into a larger hall, which may have been the original entry hall. From here there were entrances to various rooms and access to the u...
Friday, March 22, 2024

An Old Fashioned Christmas

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My next trip was in December 2018. I drove down to Hampton NHS for their annual holiday event. This house was a plantation in the early 1800...
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Friday, June 16, 2017

Hampton House

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No, we didn't go to the Hamptons, Hampton House is a National Park unit just north of Baltimore, so very close to home. It commemorates ...