More photos from our feature about the Glass House Project at Menokin, the 240-year-old home of signer of the Declaration of Independence, Francis Lightfoot Lee in Warsaw.
Francis Lightfoot Lee. Courtesy of the Menokin Foundation.
Helen and W. Tayloe Murphy Jr., a descendant of the Lee and Tayloe families.
Original 1769 presentation drawings of Menokin. Courtesy of the Menokin Foundation.
The foundation of the house, made from Choptank sandstone.
Support for a corner of the collapsed house.
Menokin, beneath its protective canopy in 2000.
Supporting staircase leading to the second story.
Tish King (center), wife of the late Martin Kirwan King who founded the Menokin Foundation in 1995. She is joined by Anne Tayloe Neuman of Mt. Airy – a descendant of John Tayloe II, and Mercer Wellford O’Hara of Sabine Hall – the house built by her ancestor Landon Carter, one of Francis Lightfoot Lee’s best friends.
A temporary acrylic wall gives visitors a look at how the glass walls will be structured.
Photography by Cade Martin.
