Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Reynolda in the Fall - 11/5/2024

Back view of the house from the Welcome Center's picture window

 

This beautiful painting, Mounts Adam and Eve by Jasper Francis Cropsey, hangs above the Library fireplace.


The Library


Floor tile in the Sun Porch



The Sun Porch and Reception Hall



Music rolls for the organ's player attachment


A guest organist plays this for special events, which includes the Friday caroling at Christmas.




The dutch doors, made to blend in with the wall, conceal the Butler's pantry from the Dining Room.


Dining Room fireplace


This is hanging in the Bulter's pantry


Panaramic view of the Breakfast Porch and the Lake Porch


Lake Breakfast Porch


Lake Porch


My favorite table in the house


           Balcony left: Sleeping porch                        Balcony right: Gentleman's guest room           


Climbing the attic stairs






Next to the main organ chamber in the attic


The current Northwest Bedroom Gallery exhibit 

 Good Impressions: Portraits Across Three Centuries from Reynolda and Wake Forest


Oil on canvas portrait of writer Jared Sparks by Thomas Sully


Oil on canvas Portrait of Lawrence Alexander Harrison, Esquire by John Singer Sargent


Worthington Whittredge in his Tenth Street Studio by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze


Left:  Portrait of Mrs. Daniel Rogers (Elizabeth Gorham Rogers) by John Singleton Copley                                           Right:  Portrait of Elizabeth Browne Rogers (Mrs. Robert Rogers) by Joseph Blackburn     


More organ pipes are behind the tapestry



In the basement


Outside the front of the house on an overcast day





Cabin near the Gardens














The Boat House




What used to be Lake Katharine




The walking path from Reynolda Village to Wake Forest University




Foot bridge and Lake Katharine waterfall




Exploring other trails on the property


Back of the house from the Woodland Trail





The former pump house that was later used with an outdoor swimming pool.


Mary and Nancy Reynolds swimming in outdoor pool with Smith Reynolds standing to the side

(Picture from Reynolda House online estate archives)