Description: The Reverend Jonathan Ashley House, Deerfield, MA. By Amelia F. Miller. Published by the Heritage Foundation of Deerfield in 1962. Condition: A Very Good copy. 1 of a Limited Edition of 2000. Front bottom board tip rubbed. Else very minimal signs of wear to boards and spine. Pages clean, tight and whole. 10 1/4" x 7 1/4" with 153 pages. "Built in 1734, the Ashley House served as the home of Deerfield's 18th-century minister with furnishings of the Connecticut River elite and English ceramics. It is an example of Deerfield's first 18th-century building boom. In the 1730s, successful Deerfield farmers enlarged old dwellings and built new ones often with stylish doorways in a distinctive Connecticut Valley style. In the 1750s, the Reverend Jonathan Ashley made substantial alterations to his house, such as a grand doorway, a central hallway staircase, and fine paneling. Inside the house visitors see furnishings owned by the Connecticut Valley's 'River Gods,' the political-military-mercantile-ministerial elite that governed the towns of western Massachusetts until the American Revolution. Ashley bought cherry and mahogany furniture for his parlors and chambers, imported English and Chinese ceramics for tea and punch, prints that demonstrated his English allegiance, and textiles that gave comfort and color to domestic life. The Ashley House was the first restoration opened to the public by the founders of Historic Deerfield, Henry and Helen Geier Flynt, in 1948." - Historic Deerfield.
Price: 13.6 USD
Location: Westbrook, Connecticut
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year Printed: 1962
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: American (US), Deerfield MA
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Various
Author: Amelia F. Miller
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Character Family: The Reverend Jonathan Ashley House
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
Place of Publication: Deerfield, MA
Special Attributes: ILLUSTRATED WITH OLD PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS, 1st Edition, Illustrated
