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Historic King Manor Saved by Women's Work

HISTORIC KING MANOR SAVED BY WOMEN'S WORK 'Homestead of Famous Diplomat and Governor Might Have Been Destroyed. NOW A SHRINE FOR PATRIOTS. Plan of Making It Such: Evolved by Brooklyn Woman- -Result Is King Manor Association. White, low-built, old fashioned and not suggestive of the honors that have como to it in past, there stands in the center of the old town of Jamaica, with the stars and stripes floating before it and the loveliness of a Long Island park stretching everywhere around it, the old King Manor, home of the first minister plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James after the Revolution, and the former 1 resIdence of one of the foremost of the early governors of the Empire State. In every room of its romantic interior the visitor can find evidence of the work *of the two hundred patriotic women of Jamaica who have banded themselves Unto the King Manor Association in order preserve and keep intact the old home'stead about which history has thrown a charm. The old homestead is one of the show places of Jamaica, and every Monday when, by arrangement of the Manor Association, the doors are thrown open to the public, hundreds of curious sightseers ate guided through the old mansion, once the scene of many a conference in which the affairs of the nation were involved, now *the home and headquarters of several of the women's organizations of the town. First among the societies :naking ! the Manor their " home is the King Manor Association. Formed not quite ten years ago, it has grown from a membership of twenty to a little over ten times that number. From all over Long Island, women who have an interest in things historical have Y hastened to send *heir names in to be included with those already enrolled. The list has grown by leaps and bounds until to-day it is lone of the largest and most flourishing of any of the organizations of Jamaica. Many of the most prominent women of Jamaica and of Long Island towns attend the meetings, which are held every month in the room fitted up for that purpose in the old building. Social sessions always follow the meetings, refreshments are served and discussion held about the men and women who were first to occupy the building in which they now take so much pride. In 1900 the organization leased the building from the city and proceeded to fit it up at its own expense as a meeting place for the society or any other of the local organizations of women which might care to hold their meetings there. Miss Rose Fitzsimmons, daughter of the caretaker, Patrick J. Fitzsimmons, manages the old home, and with her in charge there was at once inaugurated the custom of allowing the public to inspect the building on Monday of each week throughout the year. A register is kept of all those going through the old homestead and during the last year nearly 2,000 names were entered, and some cf the best known Brooklyn and New York people inspected the quaintly furnished old rooms. In front of the building, facing the surrounding park and looking directly out on Jamaica's main street, is the meeting room of the Manor Association. From over the open fireplace, built more than a hundred years ago, the prized portrait of old Rufus King of Revolutionary fame looks down on the members of the society which is seeking to perpetuate his name. Old portraits and daguerreotypes, copies and facsimiles a of important documents are hung about the halls, and on every hand, tagged and marked with the name of the owner, are specimens of the mahogany furniture in the possession of which the King family rejoiced in former years. Directly across from the association meeting room is the headquarters the Jamaica branch of the Daughters of the Revolution. Down the main hallway that is entered as the visitor passes through the massive double front doors, is the room of the Queens Borough Musical Club, which holds frequent meetings and starts the echoes a-rolling among the rafters by their songs. 'In the second story is located the manor's museum of antiquities and the rooms of the local order of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The museum includes a collection of unmatchable china, a library of law books used by the late Governor King, spinning wheels and hundreds of other objects which served as useful domestic adjuncts years ago but are valued only as relics and heirlooms to-day. Records are also kept in the museum of the lives of Rufus King and John A. King. Both are buried in the cemetery that surrounds the Jamaica Episcopal Church after their years of toil for the country's welfare. Rufus King was the first of the family to settie in Jamaica. He was active in the country's cause both before and after the War of 1776. His son, John A. King, followed in the footsteps of his distinguished father, and for his activities in the civic life of the state was made its highest executive officer. The old writ- ing desk of the elder King still stands, a much treasured relic, just inside the main door of the mansion. Frequent lectures are given in the old meeting room, and musical programmes always follow, the accompaniments being played on a piano which was recently installed by the women of the association. The officers of the club are: President, Mrs. William Coggswell; first vice president, Mrs. L. H. Nostrand; second vice president, Mrs. J. L. Breckenridge; third vice president, Mrs. O. L. Jones; fourth vice president, Mrs. C. H. Terry; fifth vice president, Mrs. D. C. Beard; recording secretary, Mrs. Annie Belknap; corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. J. Ballard; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Andrews. It was a Brooklyn woman, Mrs. Mary E. Craigie, who came up to Jamaica on a visit and first conceived the idea of forming a society for the preservation of the building. She went around among the women of influence in Jamaica, urging her project, until a sufficient number were interested to form the club. She was elected the first president, and at this time hers is among the most honored of all the names of the membership rolls. Included as members are the following women of Long Island: Mrs. J. M. Arthur, Mrs. J. Adikes, Mrs. J. K, Allen, Mrs. L. H. Boynton, Mrs. D. C. Beard, Mrs. M. B. Briggs, Miss Jane Brush, Mrs. C. B. Bennett, Mrs. M. D. Buck, Mrs. L. W.' Blake, Mrs. L. Belten, Mrg A J. Beuchard, Mrs. J. B. Beaver, Miss R Bergen, Mrs. Mrs. N. C. Beven. Mrs. T. Carpenter, M. L. Conibes. Mrs. A. M. Corches, Mrs. Isaac Cocks, Mrs. Thomas Clapham, Mrs. John Carpenter, Miss A. S. Carpenter, Mrs. E. B. Carpenter, Mrs. A. Schane, Mrs. F. Crossman, Mre. E. Chickering, Mrs. H. De Favela, Mrs. M. A. De Ronde, Mrs. E. L. Dillman, Mrs. G. C. Damon, Mrs. C. H. Bissell, Miss F. F. Bernhardt, Mrs. Charles F. Blondel, Mrs. Lynde J. Mrs. Beverly J. Belts, Miss Anne Belknap, Mrs. Jesse Browne, Miss Brenton, Mrs. B. J. Brenton, Mrs. J. C. Breckenridge, Mrs. Stephen J. Britton, Mrs. W. F. Ballard, Mrs. G. V. Brower, Mrs. W. C. Baker, Mrs. A. F. Case, Mrs. W. L. Coggswell, Miss H. V. Coggswell, Mrs. M. E. Craigie, Mrs. F. Chapman, Dr. E. Cameron, Mrs. I. Carey. Mrs. Edward B. Collison, Mrs. F. A. Andrew, Mrs. J. A. Albertson, Mrs. George W. Baxter, Mrs. Peter F. Bogert, Mrs. Mary F. Brush, Mrs. John Bailey. Mrs. C. A. Beldin. Mrs. George Mary Bryan, BrinckMrs. George W. Bartholf. Mrs. erhoff, Miss C. Baxter, Mrs. A. Davison, Mrs. J. Denton, Mrs. E. L. Ditmas, W. C. Dowland. Mrs. L. B. Duryea, Mrs. R. B. Davis, Mrs. G. W. Damon, Mrs. H. Clarkson, Mrs. F. F. Clarkson, Mrs. W. W. Chapman, Mrs. A. K. Chapin, Mrs. G. Klooke, Mrs. F. Harkenstein, Mrs. J. Hilyer. Mrs. E. Hain, Mrs. C. Henry, Mrs. R S. Gehring. Mrs. F. S. Gehring, Mrs. W. M. Griffith, Mrs. Henry Earle, Mrs. S. F. Engs, Mrs. S. F. Edgerton. Foote, Mrs. . Halstead Fowler, Mrs. J. B. Mrs. Esselstry, Alice Epler, Anna E. Fleury, Miss Ella F. Flanders, Miss Ruth Fowler, Mrs. George F. Fowler, Mrs. T. Flynn. Mrs. L. T. Faber, Mrs. T. L. Fowler, Mrs. W. E. Frew, Mrs. R. I. Fox, Mrs. J. B. French, Mrs. W. W. Getten, Mrs. George Gale, Mrs. J. B. Gerau, Mrs L. Griffin, Mrs. E. A. Gillespie, Mrs. Frank Gale, William H. Hotchkiss, Mrs. T. E. Hopkins, Mrs. A. Hinds, Mrs. R. W. Mrs. B. F. Hemphrey, Mrs. I. L. Hendrickson, H. Haviland, Mrs. D. L. Hardenbrook, Mrs. B. D. Hicks, Mrs. W. G. Hoople. Mrs. Charles Holt. Miss G. Hewlett, Mrs. F. Hicks, Miss Hellwig, Mrs. O. L. Jones, Mrs. J. D. Jones, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. E. B. Jackson, Miss Bertha Jackson, Mrs. H. Johnson, Mrs. F. F. Kimball, Miss Mary R. King, Mrs. Peter Kowenhoven, Mrs. S. M. D. Klenk, Mrs. Frank M. Lupton, Mrs. John Sach, Mrs. D. R. Lothran.
Article from 21 Sep 1907Brooklyn Eagle(Brooklyn, NY)
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