Doug and I have both wanted to see this house for some time. We pass it every Sunday on the way to and from church, so it's practically in our back yard.
Before our tour...
The grounds were really beautiful! We also got to see the slave quarters on the property, where we read about the lives of slaves in the Roswell area. Very eye-opening! I didn't realize that wealthy families actually had a "shadow" for each of their children. The "shadow" was a child-slave, around the age of the master's child, who would go wherever that particular master's child went. The "shadow" slave also slept at the foot of the master's child's bed. It makes me so sad to think that a child could be born into such a life!
It was very cool to see one of the first houses built in Roswell, and understand how the area was developed. Cotton was grown in the area, and mills were built for textiles, near the Chattahoochee River. It was very cool to see another piece of the "old South".
Inspired by Scarlett herself, I was eyeing the curtains to see how I might fashion for myself an uber-trendy, bohemian-chic sundress... Security got to me first. No luck. :-) I kid. I kid...
Around Christmas, there is a historical reenactment of the wedding of Teddy Roosevelt Sr. and Mittie Bulloch, done completely in period regalia.
Only a true architect would take a picture such as this! ;-)
Corner Detail
http://bullochhall.org/page5.html
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