George Plater Tayloe ( October 15, 1804 – Apr 18, 1897) was a Virginia businessman, soldier and legislator who also served as one of the original trustees of Hollins University .
19-855: Hawthorne House may refer to: in New Zealand Hawthorne House (Hawke's Bay, New Zealand) , Edwardian Luxury Bed and Breakfast in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand in the United States Hawthorne (Prairieville, Alabama) Hawthorne-Cowart House , Greenville, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places Hawthorne House (Pine Apple, Alabama) , also known as Col. J.R. Hawthorne House Nathaniel Hawthorne Boyhood Home , South Casco, Maine Hawthorne Place , Natchez, Mississippi, listed on
38-500: A section of lower Botetourt County became Roanoke County. Tayloe razed the Langhorne house and erected the present Greek Revival dwelling on the plantation's most commanding site. The construction date for Tayloe's house traditionally is given as 1833, the year he acquired the land, but architectural evidence indicates it is closer to 1840. In any case, the 10,783-square-foot mansion would have taken several years to build. "Buena Vista"
57-508: A young architect, Maj. J. W. Tayloe, of the Canebrake, perhaps the most notable young cotton planter in the area between 1850 and 1860. The eldest son of George Plater Tayloe of Buena Vista (Roanoke, Virginia) who owned considerable estates in the Arcola, Alabama neighborhood including "Elmwood" and brother to Col George E Tayloe, he was the grandson of Col. John Tayloe III of
76-482: Is built in the Italian Villa style. It comprises a main two-story block, a three-story tower, and an adjoining one-story wing. A one-story porch with corbel brackets wraps around the main block of the house. The gables and eaves on the main section and tower are also bracketed. Numerous French doors open onto the porch from the parlor and dining room. The tower contains an arched entrance vestibule at
95-914: The Browder Place , is a historic Italianate plantation house and historic district in Prairieville , Alabama , USA. This area of Hale County was included in Marengo County before the creation of Hale in 1867. Hawthorne is included in the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 1994, due to its architectural significance. Construction on Hawthorne began in 1818. It
114-603: The Octagon House in 1799. The Octagon was designed by Dr. William Thornton , the first architect of the U.S. Capitol . In 1814, Colonel Tayloe offered the use of his home to President James Madison and his wife, Dolley , for a temporary "Executive Mansion" after the burning of the White House by the British. Madison used the circular room above the entrance as a study and there, on February 17, 1815, he signed
133-510: The Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812. Apparitions and the presence of otherworldly forces have reportedly been seen and felt in many places at The Octagon, including on the spiral staircase, the second floor landing, the third floor landing, the third floor bedroom, and the garden area in the rear. Among the eyewitnesses have been members of the public, curators and other employees hired by
152-579: The National Register of Historic Places Rachel Louise Hawthorne House , Portland, Oregon Hawthorne Hall , Fincastle, Virginia See also [ edit ] Hawthorn House (disambiguation) Hawthorne (disambiguation) Hawthorne Historic District , Huntington, West Virginia, listed on the NRHP in Cabell County, West Virginia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
171-630: The Octagon House in Washington DC and great grandson of Col. John Tayloe II who built the grand colonial estate Mount Airy in Richmond Co Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute , inherited Walnut Grove Plantation and married Miss Lucie Randolph of "Oakleigh" plantation. He and the client designed the house with inspiration drawn from Samuel Sloan 's 1852 publication of The Model Architect . Hawthorne
190-526: The Old House". The Tayloe family of Richmond County , including John Tayloe I, his son, John Tayloe II , and grandson, John Tayloe III , exemplified gentry entrepreneurship . George Tayloe attended Princeton University . Following his graduation he moved to the western part of the state to manage a source of the family income-two iron furnaces, Catawba II and Cloverdale. These furnaces along with 1132 acres of land around Cloverdale had been purchased by
209-530: The Tayloes from a Thomas Madison in 1817. George Tayloe married Mary Elizabeth Langhorne in 1830, and in 1833 he traded with his father-in-law, Colonel William Langhorne, a section of the Cloverdale property for the 598-acre Buena Vista tract. This tract or plantation originally was known as "Roanoke" after the river which flowed at the edge of the land, but the name was changed to "Buena Vista" in 1838 when
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#1732780516932228-492: The base. It originally had arched windows on the third level, as well as decorative woodwork on the second level and around the ground floor archway. The tower windows have been replaced by simple square sash windows and the decorative details have been simplified with the addition of synthetic siding. George Plater Tayloe George Tayloe was born October 15, 1804, at Mount Airy in Richmond County, Virginia ,
247-470: The ninth of fifteen children of Hon. John Tayloe III . He was born into a large aristocratic family of great wealth that had accumulated over three generations, beginning with William Tayloe (the nephew) , son of the immigrant, one of the richest plantation owners and businessmen in Virginia for his generation. Considered to be the chief architect of the family fortune, he was known as the "Hon. Colonel of
266-798: The place at public auction. He also owned the Walnut Grove plantation, some eight miles eastward on the Uniontown and Demopolis road. All of the grandsons of Col. John Tayloe of the revolutionary time were soldiers of the Southern Confederacy. One of the sons-in-law of Mr. George P. Tayloe was Brigadier General Thomas T. Mumford of Virginia, one of the commanders of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. George died on April 18, 1897, in "Buena Vista", Roanoke Co., Virginia. Tayloe had very close ties to Washington, D.C. His father built
285-572: The state legislature, and was a signer of the Ordinance of Secession, although he originally was opposed to secession. Tayloe is remembered in the Roanoke area chiefly for his many years of support of Hollins University . His financial aid saw the school through difficult times and in 1844 he became one of the original thirteen members of the board of trustees. He later was made chairman of the board and remained in that position until his death. Tayloe
304-511: The title Hawthorne House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hawthorne_House&oldid=832209166 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hawthorne (Prairieville, Alabama) Hawthorne , also known as
323-705: Was a charter member of the Valley Union Education Society. He was also a charter member of Roanoke College. He was an avid promoter of the establishment and development of the City of Roanoke, particularly through the Buena Vista Land Company. Four of George's sons fought as Confederate soldiers. Tayloe was one of the three cotton planters who owned considerable estates in Arcola, Alabama , in 1860. Mr. Tayloe owned "Elmwood" (1,140 acres). He did not live there, however. He bought
342-427: Was built of red brick said to be imported from England; the walls of the house are 18 inches thick. It barely escaped burning at the hands of General David Hunter at the time of the burning of Virginia Military Institute , but was saved from destruction by a report that General Jubal Early and his staff were there. George Tayloe was a prominent figure in both state and local affairs. He represented Roanoke County in
361-511: Was eventually enlarged to a large house with over 30 rooms and a full basement by the Manning family, who used the forced labor of enslaved people to work the plantation. The property was later purchased by Dr. James Daniel Browder; by the end of the Civil War he had downsized most of the existing structure and completed the house as it stands today. The architect for Dr Browder's project was
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