This room is
dedicated to the great 16th century Italian architect Andrea
Palladio who translated the classical styles of ancient Greece and
Rome into a domestic idiom, and to Robert Mills - the nation's first
trained architect, who played a major role in bringing the Palladian
style of architecture to America. A native of South Carolina and the
architect of the U.S. Treasury building and the Washington monument
in Washington, Mills designed Lancaster's magnificent courthouse and
jail. Originally located only a block away from the courthouse and
built shortly after that building's construction, Kilburnie owes a
great deal architecturally to the example set by Mills, and through
him, Palladio.
The old prints in
this room are all architectural, and include many of Palladio's
villas in northern Italy, as well as English dwellings of the 18th
century built in the Palladian style. A marble bust of President
Thomas Jefferson is a reminder that his Monticello and University of
Virginia creations were drawn from the Palladian mold. On the mantle
you'll find a piece of art glass made by Dale Chihuli.
The furnishings
include a circa 1840 chest of drawers, a gas log fireplace flanked
by comfortable wing chairs, an antique heart-pine mantle, and a
comfortable four-poster king-size rice bed. This room also contains
a writing alcove with a nineteenth century writing table and window
view of the woodlands surrounding Kilburnie. The spacious and
luxurious bathroom has a large hydro therapy whirlpool bath, and enclosed shower
separated by a pocket door for privacy.
Guests lodging in
this room have direct access via French doors to comfortable rocking
chairs on the private back porch, overlooking the back garden and
woodlands.
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