RSW's Diary Comments

"Painted about 1936. Painted of the Halifax House from the front road. Sent down to N.Y. among several others, to Mrs. Moore, as choice for a wedding present, and given by her to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Phillips Kohl, 245 East 72nd St., N.Y. City"

Editor's Note:

Edwin Phillips Kohl not only has an obvious connection to Mrs. Ada Moore but Adaline Frelinghuysen because we have learned the Mr. Kohl, a lawyer, was once the general council for the American Sugar Company, Adaline's father's company. When it comes to the upper crust, the world gets very small. Edwin may also be a member of the same Kohl family that founded the Kohl's Department Stores, Inc., in Wisconsin were he was born.

Below: a photograph taken by RSW friend and photographer F. Earl William of the same scene. For more on F. Earl William photography CLICK HERE

Woodward referred to the maples in front of the Halifax House as "Guardian Maples."

A photograph taken by RSW friend and photographer F. Earl William of the same scene

Provenance of the Halifax House Click Here.