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In
May the first coat of paint was ready to go on, but they had
to wash the building first. H.G. Clark, proprietor of the
Cambridge Hotel burned soft coal all winter and the soot coated
the newly enclosed manse. At the end of July a hard rain splattered
the red roof paint-it bled over the railing around the east
portico-Rice had it done over. |
| In
November the stone wall around the Mansion was completed.
The grading of the front lawn was progressing, masons were
at work on the stone posts and the painters and decorators
were almost finished. The family moved into the manse January
1904. Small work continued into the summer of 1905 including
curbing and iron gates at the entrance. Then on Wednesday,
October 25, 1905 the Rice's hosted some 400 villagers or more—it
is suggested that many arrived uninvited.Mr. Rice passed away
in 1912 just eight years after the manse was completed and
then Mrs. Rice passed on in 1918. Their legacy lives on and
touches many, even today. |
