3/5 Jason Z. 2 years ago on Google
Hmmm.
Looks
great
from
the
outside.
Staff
were
very
friendly....but
gotta
say
this
one
was
really
underwhelming.
We
took
the
60-minute,
$12
tour.
Our
tour
guide
was
very
nice
and
friendly
but
had
limited
capacity
to
answer
basic
questions
(ex.
How
many
square
feet
is
the
residence?).
The
last
lineage
owner
of
the
property
had
no
heirs
and
went
bankrupt
so
all
the
"original"
possessions
were
removed/
sold
by
creditors,
and
while
they
have
clearly
made
efforts
to
obtain
some
of
the
original
home
furnishings,
very
little
original
items
remain
(
1-2
small
items
per
room
based
on
our
guide).
As
a
result,
the
place
has
period
pieces
that
are
an
educated
estimate
or
like
what
may
have
been
there.
The
really
odd
thing
to
us
is
that
probably
40
of
our
60
minute
tour
was
spent
discussing
the
many
paintings
in
every
room
from
Charles
Willson
Peale
and
many
different
furniture
pieces
by
John
Shaw.....but
when
asked
what
these
local
artists
had
to
do
with
the
house
itself
or
the
families
that
had
lived
here,
the
guide
was
unsure
and
said
they
mainly
collect
them
because
they
were
local
artists.
Hmmm,
okay.
The
gardens
grass
was
full
of
crabgrass
and
weeds,
but
they
did
have
some
beautiful
magnolias
and
reasonably
maintained
plants.
Overall,
I
guess
we
just
expected
more
and
were
hoping
for
a
more
cohesive
fact
filled
tour
by
a
guide
with
more
details
at
the
ready.