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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Maple Hall ~ Rockbridge Country, VA


A Happy Mariage ~ Years of Happiness

This gorgeous old home has a special meaning to me and my family, for this is where my daughter ~ now 52 ~ had her wedding reception in the garden area off to the right. It is also where I helped her dress for the last time before she and her husband left to fly off for their honeymoon in Ireland. She wore a baby blue with white polka dotted dress and threw her bouquet from the first balcony which is lots higher than it appears in my picture. I can remember it as if it happened yesterday. It was such a happy day.


“Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.”
~ Simone Signoret





Maple Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places

 To read more about it and its interesting history, go to the following site:
http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Rockbridge/081-0041_Maple_Hall_1987_Final_Nomination.pdf
It is on the National Register of Historic Places

7 comments:

  1. That home looks like the Bryn Du Mansion in Granville Ohio. Probably built near the same time. That balcony looks pretty tall to me. Anxiously awaiting your package. This mail since we have moved has been pretty bad. Hope you are pacing yourself before the holiday so you don't get worn out. XO

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  2. That is a great place for a wedding. I love revisiting places where important things happened. The memories are great.

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  3. A beautiful place for weddings! I love the quote also about so many threads binding couples together in marriage. Must write it down! Thanks!

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  4. ...a great location for a great event! Gratulation! P.

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  5. Sweet memories of your daughter's wedding. Beautiful quote.

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  6. What a beautiful place to have a wedding!

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  7. That is beautiful, Genie, and I love that quotation. So true!

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