Historic Fairholme

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Built in 1885 by Edward R. and Mary Grinter Street.
The Carriage House was built first.
An Architect from Nashville, TN designed the house.
Wood carvers came from North Carolina to do the wood work and lived on site in the Carriage House.
The bricks were also made on site.
John L. Street Jr. bought the house in 1984 and restored it to the Victorian period and named it Fairholme. (We are not sure why)
The house was owned by the Frances family for 14 years.
John donated Fairholme to the John L. Street Library at the time of his death in 2000.

The firm of Ray Bradbury in San Francisco, CA made the wallpaper.
It took over 30 hours to hang the wallpaper in this hallway.
The animal head is a Greater Kudu from Africa.
The clock is an American Tall Case Chippendale-circa 1880 made in Philadelphia.
On the wall beside the clock is a Thompson’s Gazelle.
On the white marble table is a hand written invitation to Edward and Mary’s wedding.
There is a Tiffany style lamp on the drop leaf table.

The parlor was a place where the Victorians did their entertaining.
The chandelier, which was original to the house, is brass that was silver plated at the time of the restoration.
The rocking chair and stool were gifts from Mary Street to John Sr. and Margaret Street.
Margaret did the needlepoint.
In 1885 the Oriental influence on home furnishings was strong. The fans were sent by Alice Miller (Mrs. Street’s Aunt) who was a missionary to China.
The velvet drapes with the gold trim are similar to the ones Mary Street had and the rods on which the drapes are hanging are original to the house.
The Mantle is cherry.
The Boulle table with three legs has a brass top, lined with bronze and pewter cutout designs over a faux tortoise shell inlay. It dates to 1830-1850 period.
The Tea cart is teakwood.
The picture by the Boulle table is one of several the Polish artist Lewandowska did for the family.

Most of the furniture in this room belonged to John JR’s Mother.
The cherry table with the chess set on it was her dining table and has six matching chairs.
The chandelier is also original to the house but not to this room.
The wall covering is black pellon that has been painted green. Pellon is a dressmakers tool used as interfacing.
Many of the small articles in the room are items collected by John on his trips from many places around the world.
The Rhinoceros feet near the fireplace are made into two ashtrays and a tobacco jar. ( we do not know about the other foot.)
The oil painting of Mr. and Mrs. Street are by Lewandowska.
The Arts and Crafts lamp with slag glass dates to 1910.

This room has on of the favorite Victorian wall treatments Burlap.
The cherry china cabinet was Margaret Street’s and matches the dining furniture in the back parlor.

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