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Historic Halls “Lockesly” and “Carter Hall” host top-notch affairs; “Marley Grange” goes on the market BY VICKY MOON
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cross the Shenandoah River (pronounced “rivah” in these parts) nestled on 212 stunning acres in Millwood, historic “Carter Hall” recently hosted a reunion of the Carter Society, a nonprofit family genealogical association. Members date their lineage to Robert “King” Carter, the richest man in colonial America in the late 17th century whose original holdings in Virginia spanned 50,212 acres. Around 50 people gathered at the elegant 18th-century estate built by Carter’s great grandson Nathaniel Burwell between 1789 and 1797 on 8,000 inherited acres. Now down to 200 acres, it’s the Clarke County home base of Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere). Founded in 1958, the organization offers solutions to health problems around the world. Joseph Farland, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and Iraq and a Project HOPE board member, donated the estate to the nonprofit group in 1978. Meanwhile, the Carters gathered at this annual event to learn more about the life of their influential ancestors and fascinating descendants. Once such distant cousin of the Burwells was Gerard B. Lambert Sr., who purchased “Carter Hall” in 1929 to “keep it in the family.” His father, Jordon Lambert, had made a fortune with the antiseptic mouthwash Listerine and no expense was spared in the renovations. In 1932, Gerard Lambert’s daughter Rachel (“Bunny”) Lambert, married Stacy Lloyd Jr. and for the first few years of their marriage, the couple lived on the property. (She divorced Lloyd in 1946 and married oil and banking heir Paul Mellon in May of 1948.) A fascinating side note here is that soon after the outbreak of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Lambert if “Carter Hall” could serve as the Summer White House. The Secret Service spent several
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A panoramic view of historic “Carter Hall,” once the home of Robert “King” Carter, the richest man in colonial America (Courtesy of Project Hope)
days examining every inch of the property. will be Carole King. Raffle items included a Roosevelt later informed Lambert that case of local wine and date night packages to another estate, “Shangri La,” in the Catoctin the Middleburg Film Festival. Among those Mountains of Maryland, had been chosen who helped to raise a record $70,000 for the instead. That property was renamed “Camp animals: Stuart Himelfarb, Mike Smith (the new president of the Upperville Horse Show), David” by President Dwight D. Eisenhower Today, “Carter Hall” also serves as a Donald Glickman, Dave Mullins, Allen Richards, conference center for Save the Children, the Manley Johnson and Zohar Ben-Dov. For anyone wanting to join in the social American Bird Conservancy and the Sorensen swirl in Millwood,Tom Cammack of SheridanInstitute of the University of Virginia. Just around the corner at Danielle and Ron MacMahon Ltd. Realtors in Middleburg is Bradley’s “Lockesly,” the Fourth Annual Animal offering “Marley Grange,” an elegantly appointed Night stag event took place recently. This 70- 5,600-square-foot house on 75 acres with a tenacre property, at one time part of the massive stall barn, riding ring and trails. Asking price: “Carter Hall” estate, was listed at $4.9 million $2.6 million. and purchased by the Bradleys in 2012. Ron Bradley introduced guests Suzanne Clark , founder and CEO of the Potomac Research Group, and Tim Swift, an Emmy-nominated TV producer who spoke to the men gathered for an Animal Rescue Fund benefit. The evening of conversation, great food, wine, cognac and cigars, cocktails and dinner was followed by a live auction of tickets to the “2014 Music Cares” “Marley Grange” in Millwood, Va. is on the market for $2.6 concert held annually in Los Angeles million. (Courtesy of Sheridan MacMahon Ltd.) during Grammy week. The honoree
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