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Arlington's oldest surviving house
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About the
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Interior
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An inventory of Ball’s estate indicates the family lived a simple life in the sparsely furnished dwelling. They farmed, raising wheat and corn, and kept sheep, cows, pigs, and bees. Ball also had a mill on Four Mile Run, which flows into the Potomac River. Parts of his mill stones remain on the property. John, his wife Elizabeth, and their five daughters lived in this little house. (View of stairs from south room, looking east.) |
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The daughters might have slept in the loft. (View from top of stairs, looking west.) |
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