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National Geographic : 1960 Aug
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Pont Reading, Three Houses in One, Required 130 Years for Completion Daniel Humphreys began the mansion soon after he arrived from Wales in 1682; he named it for the family seat abroad. As years passed the square house took on a columned portico and windowed attic, then a gabled kitchen to the rear. By the time the third wing was attached, in 1813, Pont Reading was the home of Joshua Humphreys, early naval constructor for the United States. Here Joshua's descendant Mrs. David B. Robb, mistress of Pont Reading, reads a book from the shipbuilder's library at right and strolls with her husband in the boxwood garden below. KODACHROMESBY KATHLEENREVIS (BELOW) AND HOWELL WALKER. NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTAFF n N.G. COURTESYTHE LIBRARYOF CONGRESS Co-designed by Humphreys, the United States captured H.M.S. Macedonian in the War of 1812. 185
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