Once in a Lifetime Tour – October 18, 2015
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- Hedgerow Theatre, originally Will Price’s Artsman’s Hall, was the first stop and registration point for the tour. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- Hutton Mill before Will Price turned it into his community’s guild hall (Artsman’s Hall) before it became Hedgerow Theatre, America’s first repertory theatre in 1923. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- The Once in a Lifetime Tour included 6 private homes, including the Tower House, which the Price family converted from a Water Tower and later enlarged as a home for Will Price’s widow. Photo by Richard Stahl.
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- A Rose Valley Improvement Company house on the Tour. Photo by Richard Stahl.
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- Another Rose Valley Improvement Company house on the tour. Photo by Richard Stahl.
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- The tour brought guests through the colonnade to what was the original driveway location and entrance to Thunderbird Lodge. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- The front porch and entry to Thunderbird Lodge. Photo by Richard Stahl.
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- The Dining room in Thunderbird Lodge – thanks to the volunteers who created the wonderful flower arrangements throughout the house. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- Christine Olmsted, most recent resident of Thunderbird Lodge and granddaughter-in-law of Mildred Scott Olmsted, provided family pictures and provided background on the remarkable woman who lived to nearly 100 years old and provided for the preservation of Thunderbird Lodge in perpetuity in her will. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- The tower staircase – with apologies for the temporary safety tape. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- The Thunderbird Fireplace in Charles Stephens Studio during the exhibition. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- More from Exhibition. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- Architectural historian and author George E. Thomas (left), President of the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society and grand niece of Will Price Morris Mather Potter (center), and Curator of the RVMHS and co-owner of The Franklin Fountain Ryan Berley. (right).
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- An original Alice Barber Stephens illustration on loan from a private collection was part of the Exhibition, see here above tour volunteers Paula Healy, great-granddaughter of stone mason and head woodcarver for the Rose Valley Furniture Company John Maene, floral designer Susan Essick, member of the original Board of Directors of the RVCF Laurie Grant and tour docent Barbara Sheehan. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- Approximately 400 people toured the exhibit over the course of the afternoon. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- The reception in Alice Barber Stephens Studio was the last stop of the tour. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- Our thanks to The Franklin Fountain, Shane’s Confectionery, 320 Market and the volunteers from the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society for the refreshments at the reception in Alice Barber Stephens Studio. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- Guests who wandered the grounds discovered other images that Price included in the building, including the support for the large two story porch added above the original stable level of the barn. Photo by Ken Foulk.
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- Price included a colonnade that leds to The Dairy – the two story springhouse visible at the corner of Traymore Lane and Rose Valley Road. This path through Thunderbird Lodge will become part of a new loop in Rose Valley’s trail system. Photo by Ken Foulk.
