Rose Hill aka Colonel Edmund Baxter’s House

It was exactly what you’d hope an almost 200 year old home would be. It looks like itself. Its history has been respected. And it’s been modified in ways that make it feel like it’s still a workable building that serves its current purpose. I mean, my god, people, they have roses out front. See? It’s just lovely.

I’m going to try to caption these photos so that you can see what I saw without me having to post each one individually. We’ll see how it goes. I’m going to write something up for Pith, too.

: I’ve driven by these houses a few times and I’m wondering if they’re some of the old pre-civil war houses you can see in old pictures. That’s an old university building next to it.

: The university building and the old firehouse, which may still be in use.

: The old firehouse. This is looking down Middleton.

: This house was also shaped in such a way that I wondered if it wasn’t also an older home with an added Victorian front.

: Rose Hill from the parking lot. This is part of the newest addition.

: This is a pretty clear picture of the Baxter addition.

: This is where the difference in the orientation of Rose Hill and the Baxter addition is most noticeable. The old house and the Baxter addition weren’t square to each other.

: This is the old back of Rose Hill. It’s now an interior hallway.

: I wish this weren’t so blurry, but this is the repair they made to the house after it was fire-damaged sometime in the 1800s.

: The floor-to-ceiling windows were amazing.

: I don’t know if this trimwork is original to the addition, but it really fits with the grandeur of the home.

: The front entrance.

: The floor of the front entrance way.

: This is the first room on your left as you enter. I suspect there’s an old fireplace behind the drywall behind the bookshelf there.

: The front stairs.

: The beautiful trim along the front stairs. I love the rhombus.

: This is a fireplace on the second floor in the original part of the house. So, circa 1821.

: This is an archway in that same room that had the fireplace. I couldn’t decide if this was an indication that even the interior walls at Rose Hill were brick or if there might be some reason that this room would have been brick.