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131 Thursday, April 27, 2017 10 A.M. to 5 P.M 131 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 The Hague have been “decorated” with locks of love similar to the Pont des Arts in Paris. This peaceful waterway ends at the entrance to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 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 Virginia Zoological Park and the Norfolk Botanical Garden. 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: Ghent’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, Norfolk Botanical Garden, 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- Old Dominion University. 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.
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