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§‘ the builder of the Hill, as the place is known locally, served as Chief c
l? Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835.
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l§» The house is two stories in height, with a finished attic and a
,g- basement under part of the building. The inner partitions are brick and
i, frame, plastered. The floors are random width ash except in the basement, -
 § where the flooring is earthen. The roof is of frame construction, covered
§ with galvanized iron, a comparatively recent improvement. Originally, the °
gg roof was covered with pine shingles, all of which were hand split. Some of i
§§` these shingles have been found under the pediment, or low arch, on the west j
li slope of the roof, indicating this pediment has been added to the old roof. _
f A porch across the east side of the house evidently has replaced a former f
lj one and a similar change has been made on the west side. The building of ~
li a porch on the west side probably was an attempt to repair, or conceal, a s
lg settling of the wall which occurred soon after the house was completed. Q
1, The entire structure is in bad repair and boasts no modern conveniences _
lg _ other than electricity and a warm air furnace, recently installed.
i The kitchen extension was built prior to the erection of the main `
Q structure and it may have been part of a former building occupying the site. l
‘ The brick work of the kitchen differs in pattern from that of the house and
i the window frames also are different in the two structures. The old kitchen Q
i had a large fireplace but when the present house was built this fireplace
yi was used in the dining room, the same chimney serving also the fireplace in `
ti the bedroom over the dining room. The original chimney was built inside but
yi later was relocated and set outside.
lg Captain Thomas Marshall was the son of Colonel Thomas Marshall. He
Q was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, October 27, 1761 and died at his ‘
é Mason County home March 19, 1817. His parents, who had come from their '
yl place, Buckpond, in Woodford County, to make their home with the son when y
Q the latter built his new house, also are buried there, in the Marshall y
 § burying ground.·
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