The front of the Greek Revival designed with a Georgian floor plan.
Magnolia trees and Live Oaks grace the property, adjacent to the Florida Governors Mansion.
This afternoon we visited The Grove, recently opened to the public, now called “The Grove Museum.”
I love the Spanish Moss in the oaks pictured here.
View of the back porch of the house built in the 1830’s by Governor Richard Keith Call and later reclaimed by their family when purchased by Governor & Mrs. LeRoy & Mary Call Collins, in the 1940’s. Governor Collins was the first Florida Governor to serve two terms as governor.
“Pappy” at he foot of the stairs in front of The Grove for scale, on this sunny March day.
Inside The Grove in the Sitting Room designed by Florida First Lady Mary Call Collins.
This made us think of our friend Katherine Lasley who was friends with Gov. Collins’ daughter Darby and the visits she described at their home.
A quiet and serene view of the Sitting Room today.
At the end, when so much of it turns out not to matter, someone like me thinks differently.
Here are the boys at my elementary school, during a pre-school field trip in 1998.
Caroline Brevard’s family lived in the house at The Grove…
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