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Norfolk Photo courtesy of Connie Kellam Thursday, April 27, 2017 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Nestled on the banks of the Historic Hague are residences built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Majestic homes are set within a quiet neighborhood featuring towering trees, cobblestoned streets, parks and beautiful gardens. Each features a different turn- of-the-century form of architecture. All are preserved and representative of Norfolk’s early elite society and its grandiose lifestyle that included quiet dinners and lavish parties entertaining presidents, artists and city notables. The wrought-iron railings on the walking bridge over have been “decorated” with locks of love similar to the Pont des Arts in Paris. This peaceful waterway ends at the entrance to the , where Huntington’s statue, “The Torchbearers,” featuring a huge rearing horse with a rider reaching down to grab the torch from a tired runner, welcomes you to varied and valuable collections and exhibits. New this year: free entry with an HGW Norfolk ticket to the Zoological Park and the Norfolk .

Hosted by Bus / Group Tours (for groups of 10 or more) The Garden Club of Norfolk Ellen Selig (757) 650-3645 The Harborfront Garden Club [email protected] Convenient bus drop-off and parking have Chairman been arranged. Please contact for adjusted group rates. Connie Kellam (757) 560-8040 Tour Headquarters [email protected] Woman’s Club of Norfolk 524 Fairfax Avenue, Norfolk 23507 Co-Chairmen Tickets: $40 pp. Available at Norfolk Wom- Anne Brockenbrough (757) 408-3463 an’s Club, 524 Fairfax Avenue, on tour day. Donna Henderson (757) 419-8815 No tickets sold at homes. No single-home ticket sales. Mary Keogh (757) 348-5559 Advance tickets: $30 pp. www.vagarden- week.org. By mail before April 17 with a check payable to “Norfolk Home and Gar- den Tour” and an enclosed self-addressed, stamped envelope to Kathy Protogyrou, 132 Norfolk: ’s Historic Hague

1519 Commonwealth Ave., Norfolk, VA 23505. Questions, [email protected] or 2:30 p.m. “Feng Shui for Your Lawn (757) 679-7073. Tickets available by cash and Garden” – Bonnie Primm, feng or check until April 25 at the Chrysler Mu- shui practitioner and consultant, Norfolk seum of Art Gift Shop, Mary Barnett Gifts, Woman’s Club. Gardens in a Flower Pot, The White Rabbit, 3 p.m. “Hydrangeas Year Round” – Prince Books, , preservation and compote design Serendip and Table 7. demonstration with Sarah Petroske and Two-Day combo tickets: Tour Wednesday Ghent Floral in Norfolk Woman’s Club. in Virginia Beach and Thursday in Norfolk On-street parking is abundant. Park- with a reduced two-day ticket price of $55 pp ing on Mowbray Arch along the wa- available only at www.vagardenweek.org. terfront has been approved by the city on Three-Day combo tickets: Tour Tuesday in tour day. Williamsburg, Wednesday in Hampton/New- Directions port News, and Thursday in Norfolk with a reduced three-day ticket price of $85 pp From I-64 East or West take Exit 277A available only at www.vagardenweek.org. Tidewater Dr. S. In 3.5 miles turn right onto E. Virginia Beach Blvd. In 1 mile turn right Assorted sandwiches, desserts, and onto W. Olney Rd. Turn left onto Mowbray iced tea for $10 pp served at Norfolk Arch at Christ & St Luke’s Church. Go 1 Woman’s Club from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. block to Fairfax Ave. Headquarters is 524 No reservations required. Fairfax Ave., Norfolk, 23507. Box lunch for $15 pp from Cuisine & Co. for pick up at the Wisteria Cafe in Ticket includes admission to The Chrysler Museum. Reservations, (757) the following 8 properties: 333-6291. Orders taken through April 25 at 4 p.m. Menu and ordering information at [email protected]. The Martin Mansion/ Complimentary coffee at Woman’s Norfolk Woman’s Club Club at 10 a.m. until pot is empty. 524 Fairfax Avenue Complimentary refreshments with mu- sical entertainment by students from 2 Tour Headquarters This 10,000-square- to 4 p.m. at Williams School, 419 Colonial foot, 21-room Georgian Revival built in Avenue. Restrooms open during refresh- 1909 by Alvah and Mary Martin has been ment period as a courtesy to guests. home to the Woman’s Club of Norfolk since 1925. Mr. Martin served on President Wil- End of day glass of wine and light re- liam Taft’s executive committee and used freshments served by garden club hus- his influence to secure the Port of Norfolk bands from 4 to 6 p.m. on Woman’s Club as the port of entry for Virginia. They built porch. Small fee. a house next door for their daughter Faye Restrooms: Chrysler Museum and Christ & and her husband, S.L. Slover, who raised St Luke’s Episcopal Church. their nephew, Frank Batten, co-founder of the Weather Channel and Landmark Me- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Harbor Front Cook- dia Enterprises. The new Slover Library book on sale in Norfolk Woman’s is named for them. The Woman’s Club, Club. founded by Virginia Gatewood in 1905, provides opportunities for spiritual and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Antique cars, includ- mental growth while serving the commu- ing a vintage fire truck, on display in nity. President Herbert Hoover once spoke Beechwood Park. there. In 1927 it hosted early classes for the 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Native and friendly Norfolk branch of William and Mary, now plant sale in Beechwood Park, spon- . sored by the Garden Club of Norfolk. The Glennan House 11 a.m. “Will flooding erase Norfolk from 300 Colonial Avenue the map?” – Skip Stiles, Wetland Watch executive director, Norfolk Woman’s Club. Michael Glennan, publisher of the Norfolk 2 p.m. Organ recital in Christ and St. Virginian newspaper (later The Virginian Luke’s Episcopal Church sanctuary. Pilot), built this Georgian-style house a block off The Hague in 1897 for $7,500. Norfolk: Ghent’s Historic Hague 133

The home has had five owners, including house and features intricate woodwork and Dr. Southgate Leigh of Leigh Memorial detailed arches. Noteworthy pieces in the Hospital. In 2004 the current owners pur- living room are two Niermann Weeks chairs chased the property and began an ongoing and an 18th-century French commode. The restoration project preserving the millwork, highlight of the dining room is a rare set of heart-pine floors, plaster walls and numer- original Klismos chairs. Artwork throughout ous architectural details, such as c.1892 the house includes local artists Charles Kello Rococo-style radiators with wood knobs, and Andy Mason. In the foyer is a Tom pocket doors, and plaster ceiling medal- Barnes painting hanging opposite a 1950s lions. Original work by local artists such French scene in Besancon where Mrs. Wynne as Charles Sibley and Charles Kello is a once lived while on a Rotary scholarship. The highlight. Although the decor is traditional, artist is known for depictions of women in featuring Federal-style mantels and Persian hats. Of note is the billfish mounted in the den rugs, pieces gathered during the owners’ na- that was caught by Mrs. Wynne on their val careers and travels add a special touch. first wedding anniversary. A woodland path Mr. Conde’s collection of naval silver piec- to the left of the front porch opens into a es dates back to the Spanish-American War charming backyard garden with a large which, coincidentally, corresponds to the porch accessed through French doors. building of the house. Off the back porch Brian and Anne Marie Wynne, owners. is a Charleston-inspired courtyard filled with lush greenery, statuary, a small foun- 540 Pembroke Avenue tain, Chinese umbrella trees and a wall of sweetly scented jasmine. Henry and Cindy Conde, owners. Garden Only Filled with American hybrid teas and shrub roses since 1984 when Mr. Ticket includes admission to The Woodard House Ingram first gave Mrs. Ingram roses for the following 8 properties: Mother’s Day, this garden showcases a tra- 524 Warren Crescent dition that continues today. Each year, old rose bushes are replaced with new ones. Situated on a narrow curved street in the The garden has grown to approximately 75 heart of this tree-lined neighborhood is a bushes and is usually in full bloom during three-story, 4,700-square-foot brick and Historic Garden Week. Referred to as a limestone Italian Renaissance home built in “cut and come” garden, the owner fills her 1901 for $12,000 by Ernest L. Woodard, home and shares with her friends the many a local wholesale grocery merchant. The scents and colors of her roses. Bill and semi-elliptical arches, emulating the curva- Robin Ingram, owners. ture of the street, are in the style of Filippo Brunelleschi, the architect of the Florence Cathedral in Italy. The exterior features Reid House limestone pillars and a two-story Queen 507 Pembroke Avenue Anne turret leading to a third-story balco- ny. An inviting raised inglenook, or chimney This English Arts and Crafts style home corner, near the entrance features one of the was the fourth house built in Ghent for a home’s six fireplaces. The front parlor is lo- young couple, Fergus and Mary Reid, in cated in the turret and features curved glass 1891. The three-story, seven-bedroom, windows. Stained glass windows, pocket 7,645-square-foot marble mansion, in- doors, columns, Jefferson doors and win- cluding their 1905 addition, features a dows, and tiger-oak floors are original to the Carrara marble fireplace in the parlor, first floor. The current owners are a young an Empire-style chandelier in the dining family that has decorated this traditional room, a chevron-patterned oak floor and home with contemporary work by local art- oak paneling in the smoking room, and ists and modern chandeliers and furnishings, oak paneling in the music room. The Re- effectively blending the old with the new. ids employed an international staff to run Joel and Katherine English, owners. their household, including an English but- ler, a Swiss maid, a Swedish laundress, a The Baird House parlor maid from Finland and a French 544 Pembroke Avenue teacher. This glamorous couple loved to entertain. Early guests included President Built by the Baird family in 1910, this Geor- William Howard Taft, Andrew Carnegie gian Revival is located just a few steps off and Thea Musgrave, who composed an The Hague. Its expansive front porch wel- opera in the music room in 1977. Surround- comes guests to a home filled with the ed by dogwoods and azaleas and inviting laughter of four children amidst impressive outdoor sitting areas, the residence has been collections of artwork and furniture. A spa- thoughtfully renovated and preserved by cious front hall extends the full depth of the current owners. Thomas Robinson, owner. 134 Norfolk: Ghent’s Historic Hague

Christ and St. Luke’s and a Colonial herb gar- Episcopal Church den. Azaleas will be blooming in April and West Olney Road entry to the garden is included with Nor- 560 folk’s HGW ticket. Although the congregation dates back to the 1630s, this Gothic Revival English per- Places of Interest: pendicular cathedral opened its doors to its Willoughby-Baylor House, 601 E. Freema- first worship service on Christmas Day al- son St. Georgian and Federal brick town- most 300 years later, in 1910. The exterior house c.1794 built by Captain William is made of granite, the interior is Indiana Willoughby features revolving museum ex- limestone, and the carved work in the choir hibits, the Norfolk History Museum, and a and sanctuaries is Caen stone quarried in colonial garden with native plants and gar- Normandy. The nave is 150 feet long and den sculptures. No charge. 55 feet high; the tower rises an impressive 130 feet. Stained glass windows include the Moses Myers House, 331 Bank St. “Passion of Christ,” 20 scenes from the Old Federal-style house c.1792 built for Testament, as well as the nativity, early life, prominent Jewish-American family. First ministry and teachings of Jesus. Behind the generation furnishings include Gilbert Stu- main altar, carved from a single block of art portraits of Moses and Eliza Myers. limestone, is a rendering of the Last Sup- Garden renovated by Garden Club of Vir- per. Docents available for tours. Flowers ar- ginia using proceeds from Historic Garden ranged by the church’s flower guild. Week tours. No charge. Hunter House, 240 W. Freemason St. Rich- ardsonian Romanesque-style house built by banker and merchant, James Wilson 3500 Granby Street Hunter. Late Victorian era furnishings are original to the c.1894 house. Open until Encompassing 53-acres of established his- 3:30 p.m. on tour day. No charge with tour toric southern magnolias, live oaks and ticket. many other specimens, including formal and abstract gardens, the park is located Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Pl. just one mile from this year’s tour area. Walter Chrysler, Jr., donated his art collec- Dating back to 1901, zoo horticulture has tion to Norfolk in 1971. Today it is home to had a special place at this location, sup- 62 galleries. MOMA’s Toulouse-Lautrec ex- porting exhibits and showcasing habitats hibit will be on display during HGW. Free with native, ornamental and exotic plants. admission and parking. A few of the present theme gardens include fruit orchards, shade gardens, rain gardens, an African vegetable garden and a handi- Key to HGW Tour Symbols cap-accessible garden.The horticultural center includes a formal garden of roses, an- Walking Garden nuals and perennials, and a greenhouse full Tour Emphasis of exotic plants. Admission, complimentary garden tours and refreshments are included with Norfolk’s HGW ticket. History Lunch Focus Offered Norfolk Botanical Garden Bus Group Refreshments 6700 Azalea Garden Road Conducive Included In 1938 Frederic Heutte, a young horticul- turalist, and Thomas Thompson, Norfolk Designated Shuttles city manager, were given 150 acres to es- Parking Available tablish a city azalea garden. By 1941 the garden displayed nearly 5,000 azaleas, 75 landscaped acres, and five miles of walking Special Important Notes trails. In 1955 the Norfolk Azalea Gardens Activities became host to the NATO Azalea Festival, with queens representing NATO members. First Time GCV on Restoration Today, the 175-acre botanical garden is HGW Tour Site home to 52 themed gardens that can be viewed by tram, boat or foot. Gardens in- clude cultivated and wild native and exot- For more information visit ic plants in themed gardens such as a rose www.vagardenweek.org garden, butterfly garden, perennial garden, Norfolk: Ghent’s Historic Hague 135

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