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"The
Home of a Hero"
In 1900, Mrs. Lawton took this home at 1511 South Fourth Street in Old
Louisville on her return from the Philippines after her husband, General
Henry Ware Lawton, fell at the battle of San Mateo in December
1899. Mrs. Lawton and her children were
the models for "the Waltons" in the Little Colonel
Series. We think that this home was the setting portrayed in "The
Little Colonel's Holidays" as 'The
Home of a Hero.'
Mrs. Lawton moved to
"the
Beeches" in 1901 and lived there for 10 years, when she sold it to
her dear friend and Little Colonel series author, Annie Fellows
Johnston.
To get an idea of the decor of this house that the
Little Colonel describes in Chapter 12 of The
Little Colonel's Holidays, please read the article with photos:
Mrs. Lawton at Home,
Harper's Bazar, April 28 1900 |
Return or go to the reading
The Little Colonel's Holidays,
"The Home of a Hero"
More on General
Henry W. Lawton,
"General Walton" mentioned throughout the Little Colonel Series
More on
"the Waltons"
This Site:
Home Page
What's New? Biography of Annie Fellows
Johnston,
Books on Line (Complete
Original Little Colonel Book Series)
The Little Colonel (link to U. Penn))
The
Giant Scissors
Two Little
Knights of Kentucky
The Little Colonel's
House Party
The Little Colonel's
Holidays
The Little Colonel's Hero
The Little Colonel
at Boarding-School
The Little Colonel in
Arizona
The Little
Colonel's Christmas Vacation
The Little Colonel, Maid of
Honor
The Little Colonel's
Knight Comes Riding
Mary Ware, The Little Colonel's
Chum
Mary Ware in Texas
Mary Ware's Promised Land
Check our home page for more titles by AFJ on other sites
The People & Characters:
The Little Colonel, Papa
Jack and Mrs. Sherman, The
Old Colonel, Two Little
Knights of Kentucky,
Two Little Knights of Kentucky(2),
Uncle Sidney & Aunt
Elise, parents of the Two Little Knights of Kentucky,
Grandmother McIntyre,
Aunt Allison, The
Waltons, Rob and Anna
Moore, Betty,
Joyce Ware,
Jack Ware, Mom Beck,
Walker, Katherine Marks,
Gay Melville,
The Lees of Arizona,
Small Parts
Their Final Resting Places
The Places: In Pewee (Lloydsboro) Valley:
Map,
Map 2,
Where it all began, The Locust,
The Beeches
Edgewood,
The Little Colonel's Cottage,
The Railroad Station,
"Lloydsboro Seminary",
Clovercroft, The
Post Office, Churches,
The Haunted House at Hartwell Hollow,
Confederate Home
Rollington,
Minor Places In Old Louisville:
The Culbertson
Mansion, "Home of a Hero"
in Indiana::
The Cuckoo's Nest (Indiana), In Arizona:
Lee's Ranch,
Camelback Mountain &
Hole-in-Rock, In Texas:
San Antonio,
The Little Town of Bauer (Boerne),
Penacres,
The Barnaby Ranch,
In France:
The Gate of the Giant Scissors
Letters from Annie
Fellows Johnston and "Mrs Walton"
Scrapbook
Links
Cooking with The Little Colonel
Guest Book
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