Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond County, Va. was built between 1738 and 1742 by Landon Carter (son of Col Robert King Carter who gave the house as a wedding gift to his son and wife, Elizabeth Wormeley, the great great graddaughter of my 10X great grandfather). It is a two story brick and stone Georgian style manor house. It is flanked by later 1-1/2 story brick wings. The interior features a fully paneled central hall measuring 18 b 48 feet an a carved walnut stairway. The house overlooks six gardened terraces and the Rappahannock River. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. It is a 4,000 acre estate. The halls of the house . as well as the parlor, dining room and most of th bedrooms ,are wainscoted from floor to ceiling. On the left of the main hall hangs one of the few two portraits of King Carter, and on the walls opposite are portraiss of twos of the three wives of his son Landon. In the library is a fine portrait of Landon Carter. There are also portraits of his third wife and all , save one of the other Carter owners of Sabine Hall. Robert Wormeley Carter, the last of the name, died in 1861, leaving no son. By his will he gave Sabine Hall to his oldest grandson, Robert Carter Wellford, son of his daughter, Elizabeth Landon who marred Dr. A. N. Wellford of Fredericksburg. after his death in 1919, Sabine Hall passed , after a life estate to his widow Elizabeth Harrison, to his two sons, Armistead Nelson Wellford and William Harrison Wellford, the present owners.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 01:18:57 +0000
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