ry.
The chair rail I'm sure is original and the door trim, but
the cornice I installed. The base is original, in most
cases, I believe the doors are original, although the
bottom rail has been cut off on this to such a degree, it
looks as though it might have been for another opening.
And that's true on the door into the library.

[93] _Ibid._

[94] _Ibid._ Mr. Macomber's recollection is that "I'm quite sure it
came from the second floor because it's the same as the door
into the nursery room...." As to the door into the hallway, he
notes that it originally had been painted dark blue-green.

[95] Michael and Belinda Straight, interview of December 8, 1968.
John Mosby Beattie recalls when animal fat was cooked in the
fireplace of the old kitchen to make soap.

[96] Walter Macomber, interview July 16, 1969.

[97] _Ibid._ According to local tradition, the tavern near Peace
Cross originally was a residence, then a tavern, a gambling
house, and a bawdy house. While a gambling house, it was
robbed, and shots were fired after the fleeing burglar. One of
the shots went into the shutters, and the hole made by this
shot is still visible in the portion of the shutter used as
paneling in the living room.

[Illustration: Tobey House Approach, Green Spring Farm]

[Illustration: Tobey House, Patio and Fountain]

[Illustration: Tobey House, Interior. Figure 14. Photos by Robert
Lautman, c. 1960]

ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS

I. THE TOBEY HOUSE

HISTORY. The Tobey House is located approximately one-quarter mile
east-southeast of the main house on Green Spring Farm. It was built in
1954 as a residence for Mrs. Charles W. Tobey, the mother of Mrs.
Michael Straight and widow of the late distinguished United States
Senator from New Hampshire. Prior to that time, Mrs. Tobey had resided
part of the time in Washington and part of the time in Concord, New
Hampshire, where she owned a spacious, gabled New England mansion
built about 1750. In order for her to be nearer her daughter and
grandchildren, arrangements were made by Michael Straight to have a
small, modern, open-design house built for Mrs. Tobey on Green Spring
Farm.[98]

Architectural plans were completed in the fall of 1953, and
construction was completed in 1954. Here Mrs. Tobey lived with her
housekeeper,