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 Visitors see every room
including the 18th Century kitchen.
Authentically
furnished and decorated with museum quality antiques, highlighted
with original pieces.
Totally
unchanged since Civil War Days! Battle
scars and shell fragments still remain.
The
original pre-war strolling gardens date from 1849 and were the
scene of a famous murder, a confederate campsite and field hospital.
More
Civil War artifacts on display than any other home, all original
to McRaven grounds.
Period
weaponry on view.Furniture
by Mallard and Belter; along
with a Flying Wing Staircase, Jib
doors, floor to ceiling windows, carved millwork, elaborate plaster
friezes, and ceiling medallions grace the entire 1849 section of
the house.
Original
Art Work by: Antoine Watteau, LaFosse, Thomas Ward, John James
Audubon, and Currier & Ives. Sculptures
by John Rogers, one of America's most popular artists of the mid-nineteenth
century.
Signed
pieces of Sevres Porcelain that belonged to Louis Philippe, King
of France.
Extensive
display of period needlework and jewelry throughout the house18th
and 19th century utensils and tools outfit the original
Ante-Bellum
kitchen.
 
  
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