{"id":6163,"date":"2021-11-26T22:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=6163"},"modified":"2022-03-05T08:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T00:17:15","slug":"20211126mdde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/20211126mdde\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Tour of Historic Places in Maryland and Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 2021, the Friday after Thanksgiving. I needed to make a trip to Delaware to run some errands in the evening, but for the rest of the day, I visited two historic places along the way, they were Hampton National Historic Site outside Baltimore, and New Castle Court House Museum in Delaware.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9627.jpg\" alt=\"Hampton Mansion\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hampton Mansion<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Apart from the evening errands, I had enough time left in the day that I stopped at a few places along the way to share the overhead of driving. The first stop I picked was Hampton National Historic Site, just north of Baltimore.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Hampton_National_Historic_Site\">Hampton National Historic Site<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:150,gap:9,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:42,height:63,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-major-2', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider2.sync( secondarySlider2 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-3', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-major-3', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider3.sync( secondarySlider3 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-4', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-major-4', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider4.sync( secondarySlider4 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-5', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:70,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:40,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-major-5', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider5.sync( secondarySlider5 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-6', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-major-6', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider6.sync( secondarySlider6 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider7 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-7', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:90,height:90,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:45,height:45,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider7 = new Splide( '#splide-major-7', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider7.sync( secondarySlider7 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider8 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-8', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:90,height:90,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:45,height:45,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider8 = new Splide( '#splide-major-8', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider8.sync( secondarySlider8 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider9 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-9', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider9 = new Splide( '#splide-major-9', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider9.sync( secondarySlider9 ).mount();\n\t} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The site was home to Hampton Mansion, the largest private home in America when completed in the 1790s, and today one of the best preserved. The site was managed by National Park Service, with a few ranger-led tours of the mansion during the day.<\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Mansion\">Mansion<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>During my visit, the center part of the mansion\u2019s ground floor was open to visitors, with four rooms connected to a central grand hall. The two western rooms were arranged as living rooms, and the two eastern ones as dining rooms. Though the ranger mentioned that the owners would switch the functionalities of the rooms according to season, lighting, or their mood. <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9592.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9592.jpg\" alt=\"Furniture\" \/><\/a><\/br>Furniture<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9616.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9616.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9593.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9593.jpg\" alt=\"Piano\" \/><\/a><\/br>Piano<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9594.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9594.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Table Setting\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dining Table Setting<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9596.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9596.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Table Setting\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dining Table Setting<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9600.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9600.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dining Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9601.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9601.jpg\" alt=\"Models of Desert\" \/><\/a><\/br>Models of Desert<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Candies, jelly and ice cream. Ice cream was rare in the early 19th century as it\u2019s made from winter snow stored underground through the year.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9602.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9602.jpg\" alt=\"Cake\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cake<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the shape of a hedgehog.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9603.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9603.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Hall\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Hall<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A large space to entertain the guests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9610.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9610.jpg\" alt=\"Stained Glass with Family Coat of Arms\" \/><\/a><\/br>Stained Glass with Family Coat of Arms<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the entrance of Great Hall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9609.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9609.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9605.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9605.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9607.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9607.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9606.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9606.jpg\" alt=\"Chess Table\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chess Table<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9613.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9613.jpg\" alt=\"Painting\" \/><\/a><\/br>Painting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9592.jpg\" alt=\"Furniture\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9616.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9593.jpg\" alt=\"Piano\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9594.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Table Setting\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9596.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Table Setting\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9600.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9601.jpg\" alt=\"Models of Desert\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9602.jpg\" alt=\"Cake\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9603.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Hall\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9610.jpg\" alt=\"Stained Glass with Family Coat of Arms\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9609.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9605.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9607.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9606.jpg\" alt=\"Chess Table\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9613.jpg\" alt=\"Painting\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the mansion interior.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9592.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9592.jpg\" alt=\"Furniture\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Furniture<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9616.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9616.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Room<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9593.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9593.jpg\" alt=\"Piano\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Piano<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9594.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9594.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Table Setting\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dining Table Setting<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9596.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9596.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Table Setting\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dining Table Setting<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9600.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9600.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dining Room<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9601.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9601.jpg\" alt=\"Models of Desert\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Models of Desert<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Candies, jelly and ice cream. Ice cream was rare in the early 19th century as it\u2019s made from winter snow stored underground through the year.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9602.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9602.jpg\" alt=\"Cake\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cake<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the shape of a hedgehog.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9603.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9603.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Hall\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Hall<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A large space to entertain the guests.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9610.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9610.jpg\" alt=\"Stained Glass with Family Coat of Arms\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Stained Glass with Family Coat of Arms<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the entrance of Great Hall.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9609.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9609.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9605.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9605.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9607.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9607.jpg\" alt=\"Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Room<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9606.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9606.jpg\" alt=\"Chess Table\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chess Table<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9613.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9613.jpg\" alt=\"Painting\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Painting<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The ranger told me a few interesting stories of the Ridgely family who owned the mansion. It turned out that the many generations of Ridgely weren\u2019t that creative in naming themselves, as they were mostly \u201cCharles\u201d or \u201cJohn\u201d. I tried to sort out their family tree below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Ridgely, who immigrated from England to America in the 17th century.<\/li>\n<li>Charles Ridgely, who started the family tradition of landowning.<\/li>\n<li>Colonel Charles Ridgely, who shared the same name as his father, who started ironmaking business near nowadays Hampton site. Ironmaking supplied the Continental Army and amassed wealth for the family.<\/li>\n<li>Captain Charles Ridgely, who shared the same name as his father and grandfather, commissioned the construction of Hampton Mansion in 1783. The mansion was finished in 1790, unfortunately he died in the same year.<\/li>\n<li>Charles Carnan Ridgely, who inherited the mansion and expanded its business to thoroughbred horses. It was during his life that the Ridgely family reached its peak. He was also the governor of Maryland between 1816 and 1819. The ranger told me about tales of how the governor would greet his guests in the grand hall.<\/li>\n<li>John Carnan Ridgely, who finally got a different name than his many fathers, marked the start of Hampton\u2019s decline. His wife, Eliza Ridgely, was the subject of Thomas Sully\u2019s famous painting \u201cLady with a Harp\u201d. It\u2019s also when the focus of the mansion tour started to shift from its display of wealth towards art, as the couple frequently travelled to Europe and the Orient and brought back various art collections. In addition, Eliza Ridgely arranged the various gardens and greenhouses around the mansion.<\/li>\n<li>Charles Ridgely, who supported Confederacy during the Civil War, didn\u2019t have a good time with the Union winning and all the slaves freed. His father supported the Union during the Civil War, so that mustn\u2019t make nice family conversations at the dinner table.<\/li>\n<li>Captain John Ridgely was in charge of the mansion at the turn of the 19 and 20th century. Local agriculture was declining and it was increasingly difficult to maintain the property.<\/li>\n<li>John Ridgely Jr, eventually sold the mansion in 1948 and moved back to the small farm house across the road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9595Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9595Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Charles Ridgely\" \/><\/a><\/br>Captain Charles Ridgely<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Who commissioned the building.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9614Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9614Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Carnan Ridgely\" \/><\/a><\/br>Charles Carnan Ridgely<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Maryland governor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9612Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9612Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Eliza Eichelberger Ridgely with her Harp\" \/><\/a><\/br>Eliza Eichelberger Ridgely with her Harp<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">By famous painter Thomas Sully. This painting was so famous that her husband\u2019s portrait was relegated to the upper-left corner.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9615.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9615.jpg\" alt=\"Paintings on Wall\" \/><\/a><\/br>Paintings on Wall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9595Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Charles Ridgely\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9614Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Carnan Ridgely\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9612Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Eliza Eichelberger Ridgely with her Harp\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9615.jpg\" alt=\"Paintings on Wall\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the portrait paintings.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9595Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9595Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Charles Ridgely\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Captain Charles Ridgely<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Who commissioned the building.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9614Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9614Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Carnan Ridgely\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Charles Carnan Ridgely<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Maryland governor.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9612Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9612Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Eliza Eichelberger Ridgely with her Harp\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Eliza Eichelberger Ridgely with her Harp<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">By famous painter Thomas Sully. This painting was so famous that her husband\u2019s portrait was relegated to the upper-left corner.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9615.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9615.jpg\" alt=\"Paintings on Wall\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Paintings on Wall<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Garden\">Garden<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>After the ranger-led tour of the mansion, I took a short walk around the mansion, mainly for its falling garden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9617.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9617.jpg\" alt=\"The Falling Garden\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Falling Garden<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9619.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9619.jpg\" alt=\"The Falling Garden\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Falling Garden<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9624.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9624.jpg\" alt=\"The Falling Garden\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Falling Garden<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9618.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9618.jpg\" alt=\"Mansion Exterior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mansion Exterior<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9620.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9620.jpg\" alt=\"Orangery\" \/><\/a><\/br>Orangery<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Originally constructed at around 1830, reconstructed in 1976. A wood burning furnace underneath the floor (far end of this photo) generated heat so that orange trees could survive through winter. The white pillars were meant to resemble a Greek temple.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9622.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9622.jpg\" alt=\"Support Buildings\" \/><\/a><\/br>Support Buildings<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9621.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9621.jpg\" alt=\"Support Buildings\" \/><\/a><\/br>Support Buildings<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9628.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9628.jpg\" alt=\"Mound for Underground Ice Storage\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mound for Underground Ice Storage<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Where snow in the winter was stored and turned into ice throughout the summer. In the early 19th century it was a luxury to have ice in the summertime.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9625.jpg\" alt=\"Shed and Privies\" \/><\/a><\/br>Shed and Privies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9617.jpg\" alt=\"The Falling Garden\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9619.jpg\" alt=\"The Falling Garden\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9624.jpg\" alt=\"The Falling Garden\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9618.jpg\" alt=\"Mansion Exterior\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9620.jpg\" alt=\"Orangery\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9622.jpg\" alt=\"Support Buildings\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9621.jpg\" alt=\"Support Buildings\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9628.jpg\" alt=\"Mound for Underground Ice Storage\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9625.jpg\" alt=\"Shed and Privies\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9617.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9617.jpg\" alt=\"The Falling Garden\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Falling Garden<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9619.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9619.jpg\" alt=\"The Falling Garden\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Falling Garden<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9624.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9624.jpg\" alt=\"The Falling Garden\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Falling Garden<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9618.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9618.jpg\" alt=\"Mansion Exterior\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mansion Exterior<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9620.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9620.jpg\" alt=\"Orangery\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Orangery<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Originally constructed at around 1830, reconstructed in 1976. A wood burning furnace underneath the floor (far end of this photo) generated heat so that orange trees could survive through winter. The white pillars were meant to resemble a Greek temple.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9622.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9622.jpg\" alt=\"Support Buildings\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Support Buildings<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9621.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9621.jpg\" alt=\"Support Buildings\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Support Buildings<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9628.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9628.jpg\" alt=\"Mound for Underground Ice Storage\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mound for Underground Ice Storage<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Where snow in the winter was stored and turned into ice throughout the summer. In the early 19th century it was a luxury to have ice in the summertime.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9625.jpg\" alt=\"Shed and Privies\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Shed and Privies<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9626.jpg\" alt=\"Worker\u2019s quarters from Hampton Mansion\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Worker\u2019s quarters from Hampton Mansion<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Which I was about to tour next. Before the giant mansion, the Ridgely family lived in a farm house, approximately where the worker\u2019s quarters were nowadays. After they accumulated wealth in the late 18th century they moved into a grand mansion that I just toured. At the beginning of the 20th century their wealth was in decline, and the last Ridgely sold the mansion and moved back to the farm house in this photo. All this felt like a fatalistic loop.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<h4><span id=\"Worker_Buildings\">Worker Buildings<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Apart from the mansion in its magnificence, Hampton National Historic Site also contained a few houses where former slaves and workers lived down the road. I decided to give those houses a brief tour too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9639.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9639.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower House<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9630.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9630.jpg\" alt=\"Mule Barn\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mule Barn<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9644.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9644.jpg\" alt=\"Mule Barn\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mule Barn<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9638.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9638.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House and Worker's Houses\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower House and Worker&#8217;s Houses<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9637.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9637.jpg\" alt=\"Worker's Houses\" \/><\/a><\/br>Worker&#8217;s Houses<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9640.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9640.jpg\" alt=\"Long House Granary\" \/><\/a><\/br>Long House Granary<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9641.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9641.jpg\" alt=\"Dairy House Interior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dairy House Interior<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The trough still remained.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9643.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9643.jpg\" alt=\"Trees along Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trees along Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9631Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9631Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Hampton Mansion from Worker's Quarters\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hampton Mansion from Worker&#8217;s Quarters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9639.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9630.jpg\" alt=\"Mule Barn\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9644.jpg\" alt=\"Mule Barn\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9638.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House and Worker's Houses\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9637.jpg\" alt=\"Worker's Houses\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9640.jpg\" alt=\"Long House Granary\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9641.jpg\" alt=\"Dairy House Interior\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9643.jpg\" alt=\"Trees along Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9631Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Hampton Mansion from Worker's Quarters\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9639.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9639.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lower House<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9630.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9630.jpg\" alt=\"Mule Barn\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9644.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9644.jpg\" alt=\"Mule Barn\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mule Barn<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9638.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9638.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House and Worker's Houses\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lower House and Worker&#8217;s Houses<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9637.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9637.jpg\" alt=\"Worker's Houses\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Worker&#8217;s Houses<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9640.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9640.jpg\" alt=\"Long House Granary\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Long House Granary<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9641.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9641.jpg\" alt=\"Dairy House Interior\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dairy House Interior<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The trough still remained.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9643.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9643.jpg\" alt=\"Trees along Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trees along Road<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9631Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9631Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Hampton Mansion from Worker's Quarters\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hampton Mansion from Worker&#8217;s Quarters<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>One of the information boards mentioned these houses were built in a ferme orn\u00e9e (ornamental farm) style, which concealed the harshness of daily worker life under the appearance of aesthetic decorations, like the decorative moldings on many buildings, the nonfunctional chimney at the dairy house.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the buildings were open to visitors, which I stepped in and took a closer look.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_120524.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_120524.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House Interior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower House Interior<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken through the windows as the building was closed during my visit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_120513.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_120513.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House Interior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower House Interior<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken through the windows as the building was closed during my visit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9632.jpg\" alt=\"Fireplace in Log Cabin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fireplace in Log Cabin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9634.jpg\" alt=\"Farmer's Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Farmer&#8217;s Room<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This room is furnished to suggest a tenant farmer&#8217;s house at the turn of the 20 century. Old and second-hand furniture, some originally used in the mansion, is combined with inexpensive newer pieces in a sparsely furnished setting that reflects the marginal nature of a tenant family\u2019s existence. Itis not known whether or not the Ridgely\u2019s provided any household goods for their tenants as they had for their overseers before the Civil War.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9635.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9635.jpg\" alt=\"Worker Household Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Worker Household Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9636.jpg\" alt=\"Worker Household Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Worker Household Room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20211126_120524.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House Interior\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20211126_120513.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House Interior\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9632.jpg\" alt=\"Fireplace in Log Cabin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9634.jpg\" alt=\"Farmer's Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9635.jpg\" alt=\"Worker Household Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9636.jpg\" alt=\"Worker Household Room\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_120524.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_120524.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House Interior\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_120513.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_120513.jpg\" alt=\"Lower House Interior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower House Interior<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken through the windows as the building was closed during my visit.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9632.jpg\" alt=\"Fireplace in Log Cabin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fireplace in Log Cabin<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9634.jpg\" alt=\"Farmer's Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Farmer&#8217;s Room<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This room is furnished to suggest a tenant farmer&#8217;s house at the turn of the 20 century. Old and second-hand furniture, some originally used in the mansion, is combined with inexpensive newer pieces in a sparsely furnished setting that reflects the marginal nature of a tenant family\u2019s existence. Itis not known whether or not the Ridgely\u2019s provided any household goods for their tenants as they had for their overseers before the Civil War.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9635.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9635.jpg\" alt=\"Worker Household Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9636.jpg\" alt=\"Worker Household Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Worker Household Room<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, I left Hampton and headed towards Delaware. It was Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, and there was heavy traffic along I95. The country road that I took was better but still with heavier traffic than usual, as it took me almost 2 hours to reach New Castle, Delaware.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"New_Castle_Old_Courthouse\">New Castle Old Courthouse<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Once in New Castle, I decided to give its old courthouse a tour. The courthouse was the center of a 12-mile radius that defined parts of the boundaries between Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Like many public buildings dating back to the colonial era, the many branches of the government would share the same building, as the second floor of the courthouse actually housed Delaware\u2019s general assembly. It\u2019s in this building on June 13, 1776, that its assembly voted to seceded from Pennsylvania and England.<br \/>\nDuring my visit the courthouse was open to visitors at certain hours of the day via guided tours. I happened to arrive for the last scheduled tour of the day, which began with its ground floor as a courthouse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9645.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9645.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney Seating\" \/><\/a><\/br>Attorney Seating<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The attorneys of the two sides actually sit at the sample table.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9646.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9646.jpg\" alt=\"Court Clerk Table\" \/><\/a><\/br>Court Clerk Table<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9647.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9647.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Seating\" \/><\/a><\/br>Judge Seating<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9649.jpg\" alt=\"Jury Seating\" \/><\/a><\/br>Jury Seating<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">After the court house was decommissioned, the building was turned into a restaurant, with its original sign in the back of this photo. New Castle used to be the site of a ferry service across Delaware River into New Jersey. After the nearby Delaware Memorial Bridge opened, the ferry closed and so was the restaurant.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9648Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9648Q10.jpg\" width=\"69%\" alt=\"Verdict Indicator\"\/><\/a><\/br>Verdict Indicator<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">An arrow was on top of a post that stood on both sides of the courtroom. When the defendant was found not guilty, the white side of the arrow would be turned towards the audience; when guilty, the red side.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9645.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney Seating\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9646.jpg\" alt=\"Court Clerk Table\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9647.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Seating\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9649.jpg\" alt=\"Jury Seating\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9648Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Verdict Indicator\" with=\"80%\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the courthouse interior.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9645.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9645.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney Seating\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Attorney Seating<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The attorneys of the two sides actually sit at the sample table.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9646.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9646.jpg\" alt=\"Court Clerk Table\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Court Clerk Table<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9647.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9647.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Seating\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Judge Seating<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9649.jpg\" alt=\"Jury Seating\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Jury Seating<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">After the court house was decommissioned, the building was turned into a restaurant, with its original sign in the back of this photo. New Castle used to be the site of a ferry service across Delaware River into New Jersey. After the nearby Delaware Memorial Bridge opened, the ferry closed and so was the restaurant.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9648Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9648Q10.jpg\" width=\"69%\" alt=\"Verdict Indicator\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Verdict Indicator<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">An arrow was on top of a post that stood on both sides of the courtroom. When the defendant was found not guilty, the white side of the arrow would be turned towards the audience; when guilty, the red side.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the second floor of the courthouse which once served as the state\u2019s general assembly. Apart from a few portraits of the state\u2019s delegation to the Continental Congress, it also featured a room with exhibits of various fortifications that once stood at New Castle guarding the entrance of Delaware River. The Dutch, the Swedish and the English all fought back and forth for controlling trade along the Delaware River. In the end, the English prevailed, and the surrounding land became a colony of England. <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9656.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9656.jpg\" alt=\"Assembly Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Assembly Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9651Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9651Q10.jpg\" width=\"65%\" alt=\"Thomas West, Lord De La Warr\" \/><\/a><\/br>Thomas West, Lord De La Warr<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">First governor of Jamestown, Virginia. Delaware named in his honor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9658Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9658Q10.jpg\" width=\"65%\" alt=\"Thomas McKean\" \/><\/a><\/br>Thomas McKean<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress, supporting independence from Britain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9659Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9659Q10.jpg\" width=\"65%\" alt=\"George Read\" \/><\/a><\/br>George Read<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress, voted against independence from Britain. As a result, the two delegates from Delaware ended up in a tie, and Caesar Rodney rode overnight from Dover to Philadelphia to break the tie.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9652Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9652Q10.jpg\" width=\"63%\" alt=\"Attorney Office Door\" \/><\/a><\/br>Attorney Office Door<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A conveniently (if not suspiciously) located attorney office in the same building as the courtroom.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_144440.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_144440.jpg\" alt=\"Copy of Charter of Charles II to William Penn\" \/><\/a><\/br>Copy of Charter of Charles II to William Penn<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9653.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9653.jpg\" alt=\"Model of Dutch Fort Casimir\" \/><\/a><\/br>Model of Dutch Fort Casimir<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1651-1654<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9655.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9655.jpg\" alt=\"Model of English Fort of New Castle\" \/><\/a><\/br>Model of English Fort of New Castle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9656.jpg\" alt=\"Assembly Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9651Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas West, Lord De La Warr\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9658Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas McKean\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9659Q10.jpg\" alt=\"George Read\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9652Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney Office Door\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20211126_144440.jpg\" alt=\"Copy of Charter of Charles II to William Penn\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9653.jpg\" alt=\"Model of Dutch Fort Casimir\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9655.jpg\" alt=\"Model of English Fort of New Castle\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9656.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9656.jpg\" alt=\"Assembly Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Assembly Room<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9651Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9651Q10.jpg\" width=\"65%\" alt=\"Thomas West, Lord De La Warr\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Thomas West, Lord De La Warr<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">First governor of Jamestown, Virginia. Delaware named in his honor.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9658Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9658Q10.jpg\" width=\"65%\" alt=\"Thomas McKean\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Thomas McKean<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress, supporting independence from Britain.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9659Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9659Q10.jpg\" width=\"65%\" alt=\"George Read\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>George Read<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress, voted against independence from Britain. As a result, the two delegates from Delaware ended up in a tie, and Caesar Rodney rode overnight from Dover to Philadelphia to break the tie.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9652Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9652Q10.jpg\" width=\"63%\" alt=\"Attorney Office Door\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Attorney Office Door<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A conveniently (if not suspiciously) located attorney office in the same building as the courtroom.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_144440.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_144440.jpg\" alt=\"Copy of Charter of Charles II to William Penn\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Copy of Charter of Charles II to William Penn<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9653.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9653.jpg\" alt=\"Model of Dutch Fort Casimir\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Model of Dutch Fort Casimir<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1651-1654<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9655.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9655.jpg\" alt=\"Model of English Fort of New Castle\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Model of English Fort of New Castle<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, I took a walking tour of the areas near the Old Courthouse Museum. Mostly, that\u2019s an open lawn surrounded by New Castle Historical Society and Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green, like Delaware\u2019s mini version of a national mall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9660.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9660.jpg\" alt=\"Old Courthouse Exterior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Old Courthouse Exterior<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9661.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9661.jpg\" width=\"61%\" alt=\"Old Town Hall\" \/><\/a><\/br>Old Town Hall<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9662.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9662.jpg\" width=\"61%\" alt=\"Statue of William Penn\" \/><\/a><\/br>Statue of William Penn<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Who got off ship at New Castle on his way to his colony.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9663.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9663.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sheriff\u2019s House\" \/><\/a><\/br>Old Sheriff\u2019s House<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_151827.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_151827.jpg\" width=\"67%\" alt=\"Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green\" \/><\/a><\/br>Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_152043.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_152043.jpg\" alt=\"Old Library\" \/><\/a><\/br>Old Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9660.jpg\" alt=\"Old Courthouse Exterior\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9661.jpg\" alt=\"Old Town Hall\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9662.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of William Penn\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9663.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sheriff\u2019s House\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20211126_151827.jpg\" alt=\"Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20211126_152043.jpg\" alt=\"Old Library\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9660.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9660.jpg\" alt=\"Old Courthouse Exterior\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Old Courthouse Exterior<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9661.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9661.jpg\" width=\"61%\" alt=\"Old Town Hall\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Old Town Hall<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9662.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9662.jpg\" width=\"61%\" alt=\"Statue of William Penn\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Statue of William Penn<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Who got off ship at New Castle on his way to his colony.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9663.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9663.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sheriff\u2019s House\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Old Sheriff\u2019s House<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_151827.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_151827.jpg\" width=\"67%\" alt=\"Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/IMG_20211126_152043.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/IMG_20211126_152043.jpg\" alt=\"Old Library\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Old Library<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Battery_Park\">Battery Park<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Before I left, I drove to the nearby Battery Park, on the city\u2019s waterfront along Delaware River, the possible site of the many historic forts that various nations built. The sun was casting a warm coat of orange onto the park\u2019s lawn, but off in the water, waves were high from the strong and chilly winds, which I wasn\u2019t dressed for.<br \/>\nSo I quickly concluded the day\u2019s tour, and went on to finish my errands in Delaware.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9665.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9665.jpg\" alt=\"Delaware River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Delaware River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Delaware Memorial Bridge<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9666.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9666.jpg\" alt=\"Delaware River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Delaware River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Factories downstream. It\u2019s a very windy day and the smoke from the chimneys were almost horizontal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9667.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9667.jpg\" alt=\"Ticket Office for New Castle Frenchtown Railroad\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ticket Office for New Castle Frenchtown Railroad<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Once hauling cargo to Frenchtown on the Chesapeake Bay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9668.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9668.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Battery Park<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9671.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9671.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Battery Park<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9670.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9670.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Battery Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9665.jpg\" alt=\"Delaware River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9666.jpg\" alt=\"Delaware River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9667.jpg\" alt=\"Ticket Office for New Castle Frenchtown Railroad\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9668.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Park\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9671.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Park\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9670.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Park\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9665.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9665.jpg\" alt=\"Delaware River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Delaware River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Delaware Memorial Bridge<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9666.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9666.jpg\" alt=\"Delaware River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Delaware River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Factories downstream. It\u2019s a very windy day and the smoke from the chimneys were almost horizontal.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9667.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9667.jpg\" alt=\"Ticket Office for New Castle Frenchtown Railroad\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ticket Office for New Castle Frenchtown Railroad<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Once hauling cargo to Frenchtown on the Chesapeake Bay.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9668.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9668.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Park\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9671.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9671.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Park\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/DSC_9670.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202111\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_9670.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Battery Park<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2021, the Friday after Thanksgiving. I needed to make a trip to Delaware to run some errands in the evening, but for the rest of the day, I visited two historic places along the way, they were&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/20211126mdde\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[561,562],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6163"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6180,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6163\/revisions\/6180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}