Historic Home Purchased

George M. Morris '11 and Mrs. Morris have announced plans for the moving to Washington, D. C., from Danvers, Mass., of one of the most historic homes, the Lindens. The famous old house, regarded as one of the finest remaining examples of pure Colonial architecture, is to be reconstructed at Twenty-fourth street and Kalorama Rd., in Washington. Mr. Morris is widely known among Dartmouth alumni as a former member of the Alumni Council and chairman of the Alumni Fund committee.

The Lindens figured in much of the early history of Massachusetts and for a time was occupied by the British Governor, Gen. Thomas Gage, prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The purchase by the Morrises marks the end of a long search,they have made in various sections of the country for a Colonial home to house the collection of antiques of the Colonial period they have assembled.

The work of moving and re-erecting the old house is to be in charge of Walter Mayo Macomber, noted authority on colonial architecture, who has been in charge of much of the work of colonial restoration at Williamsburg, Va. It is said that the removal of the Lindens to Washington will add to the National Capital perhaps the purest example of colonial architecture in the city and will give Washington a historic house older than the Capital itself. The house will be used by the Morrises as their home and probably will be opened to the public at intervals.