{"id":3009,"date":"2015-11-17T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2015-11-16T16:05:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:05:13","slug":"holiday-house-tour-2015-226-amherst-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/?p=3009","title":{"rendered":"Holiday House Tour 2015: 226 Amherst Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><b>226 Amherst Street<br \/>\nThe Home of George and Jeanne Schember<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/morgan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/morgan-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"226 Amherst Street\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Daniel Morgan House, home of the Revolutionary War General, was built in 1786 by London merchant George Flowerdew Norton. General Morgan, famed rifleman, moved here as his retirement home in 1800 and reputedly built the western portion at that time. He died in the upstairs master bedroom on July 6, 1802. <\/p>\n<p>Found throughout the home are the original Dutch elbow locks, doors, and red pine flooring. Most of the eight mantels date to the 1830s when the house was upgraded by Alexander Tidball. Other major architectural features, including the staircase, room layout, paneling and wainscoting, would have been familiar to Morgan himself. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. and Mrs. Schember\u2019s eclectic collections of artwork, furnishings, and Christmas tree decorations were acquired during their extensive foreign and domestic travels. <\/p>\n<form target=\"paypal\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"ATEMQJAQECSX4\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"on0\" value=\"Ticket Options\"><\/p>\n<h3>Daylight Tickets<\/h3>\n<p>Tickets valid for Daylight Tours on Sunday, December 6.<br \/>&nbsp;\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"Sunday Daylight Adult\">Sunday Daylight Adult $20.00 USD<\/option><option value=\"Sunday Daylight Child\">Sunday Daylight Child $6.00 USD<\/option><\/select> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"USD\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_SM.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>226 Amherst Street The Home of George and Jeanne Schember The Daniel Morgan House, home of the Revolutionary War General, was built in 1786 by London merchant George Flowerdew Norton. General Morgan, famed rifleman, moved here as his retirement home in 1800 and reputedly built the western portion at that time. 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