"Peacewood" is one of the homes to be featured on Washington's Spring Tour of Homes for 2008.The 2008 Washington-Wilkes Spring Tour of Homes is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5. The annual tour is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and the Woman's Club in partnership with the Washington-Wilkes Chamber of Commerce.This year's tour will feature three lofts on The Square in Downtown Washington on the Candle light Tour Friday night; and fivehomes on the Day Tour on Saturday.
The lofts are Stephen Sanders and Linda Lurwig located over Pop-Lahr Possibilities on the corner of Spring Street; Renee Brown, over Master's Wildlife Services; and Roger and Vivian Ware next door to the Fitzpatrick Hotel. Hours for this tour are 6-9 p.m.
Downtown shops on The Square will be open during regular working hours and from 6-9 p.m. Shops will be open for the Day Tour from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The Day Tour homes are Peacewood, B.J. and Bill deGolian on the Tignall Road (former Saunders home); Gail Boyd, North Alexander Avenue; Pamela and Rod Eaton, 211 South Jefferson Street; Debra and David Denard, Tignall Road; and Beth and Frank Petersilie, 207 Water Street (former home of Lairiee and the late Wallace Rodgers.) Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Mark and Emilie Waters will host the Dessert Soiree Friday evening at their home on East Robert Toombs Avenue.
Headquarters for the Candlelight Tour is at the Chamber of Commerce officeon The Square. Headquarters for the Day Tour will be the Washington Wilkes Elementary School on East Street off East Robert Toombs Avenue. Courtesy cars will provide transportation for visitors to the various homes and other sites.
Any home on the tour may be viewed individually by paying $10 at the door.
Churches, museums, and historical sites will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday, April 6, from 1-5 p.m.
The cost for a combination Friday and Saturday tour package is $60.00 each. The cost for the Friday Candlelight Tour and Soiree is $35.00. Cost for the Day Tour on Saturday is $35.00 each.
The Woman's Club luncheon on Saturday is by reservation only and is $15.00 each.
Tickets will be available at tour headquarters and may be reserved in advance by mailing checks made payable to Spring Tour of Homes, P.O. Box 1293, Washington 30673; or by calling the Chamber of Commerce at 706-678-2013.
The News-Reporter will feature one of the homes each week. This week's home is "Peacewood."
Peacewood Home of BJ and Bill deGolian
Tignall Road
This beautiful old plantation home is a significantand interesting example of a house assembled from different periods and made into a columned plantation seat in the 1840s and 1850s during the period of prosperity before the Civil War.
The older portion, which dates from the 1790s, faced west and was a typical plantation plainstyle building, providing interesting examples of early craftsmanship.
In 1833, the house was enlarged and rebuilt in the Greek revival style with a columned portico. In the late 1890s, a small structure was attached to the back of the house for use as a kitchen and utility area. The house as it now stands faces south and is fronted by a Doric colonnade. In addition, most of the original outbuildings of the plantation still stand.
The land on which the house stands was originally part of the land grant of 1150 acres made in 1784 to George Walton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. George Walton sold the land to Thomas Wingfieldof Virginia in 1786. In 1825 the property was sold to Archibald S. Wingfieldand later to Jesse Callaway who sold it in 1851 to Francis G. Wingfield.
When Captain W.G. Cade bought the property in 1874, he added a new kitchen to the house but left the outbuildings standing on the grounds. Later Captain Cade's son, Dr. E. Boykin Cade, lived here and gave the home the namePeacewood.
In 1954, Peacewood was bought by Agnes and Charles L. Saunders of Virginia. It stands on spacious grounds and is approached down long tree-lined driveway that winds around in front of the house. The assemblage of house, outbuildings, grounds and farmland thus preserves a sense of the original plantation setting.
The property has been under restoration since Bill and BJ deGolian purchased it from Charles Saunders Jr. in 2000. The last major phase of renovations, restoring the original columns and rebuilding the veranda, is ongoing.
Because of size and rooflineproblems, this structure has been rebuilt on its original foundation with a small addition, to make a slightly expanded kitchen, breakfast area, and sunroom. This portion represents the only "new" construction in the current restoration.
Peacewood has all new plumbing, electrical wiring, heating and airconditioning systems. The chimneys have been rebuilt from the rooflineup, and the roof has been refurbished. The integrity of the original floor plan, particularly the upper and lower central hallways, has been prese4rved.
Bathrooms and closets have been built in between the bedrooms to minimize the impact of the renovations on the simple design of the home, i.e., two rooms on each side of a great central hallway upstairs and down.
Throughout the house, the original plaster ceilings and walls have been repaired, where still intact. All nine of the fireplaces have been cleaned and the original brick hearths restored. The original pine mantels have been stripped, repaired, and painted. The window sashes have been repaired to working order, retaining the original glass panes, where they were not broken otherwise. The ceilings and walls at what was the back entrance of the 1790 home have been stripped to their original heart pine finish.
Peacewood has several appurtenant structures dating from Colonial days, including a smokehouse and kitchen building.
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