Window Views
by Kathi Isserman
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Window Views
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Kathi Isserman
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A large white window with a curved top is set into a stone wall, showing a reflection of the clear blue sky. Below the window, a bed of yellow daffodils adds a splash of color to the scene.
Historic Glenview Mansion in Rockville, Maryland
From Wikipedia, "Catherine and Richard Johns Bowie, the original owners of the property, purchased 500 acres of land that the mansion now stands on and had their slaves clear its forests to grow corn, wheat, rye, potatoes, and hay as well as raise cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs. In 1838, their slaves built a two-story house on the highest point of their property and named it Glenview. Despite being pro-Union, Bowie was a slave owner and an anti-abolitionist. The Glenview house and farm were built by around two dozen enslaved Black people. The enslaved Black people who worked at Glenview were freed between 1862 and 1864, due to the abolition of slavery.
Glenview remained in the Bowie family until 1904, then changed hands several times before 1917, when it was purchased by Irene and William Smith. In 1923 architects Lochie and Porter were hired to transform Glenview from a farm to a fashionable country estate designed for entertaining. The original house the Bowies built still survives in the center of the much larger Neoclassical mansion."
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March 23rd, 2024
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