CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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CityViewNC.com | 27 As a child, Enright regularly invited neighborhood playmates such as Bobby Nimocks, Katherine Holmes and Anne Blackwell to her playhouse, swing set or jumping board on the grounds in warm weather. In the winter months, her father ran water over the driveway to create a slope for sledding into the cobblestone streets of Dobbin Avenue. "He loved working in the yard and rooted most of the azaleas and camelias," Enright said. "He built the wall in the lower yard with rocks from the old Fayetteville Arsenal. He made the rock garden with four pools, each flowing over into another. He brought in different millstones and had them placed around the yard." Chester Williams always claimed the light pink crape myrtle he planted was the first of its kind in Fayetteville. "He finally found one in Mississippi and ordered it," Enright said. at lovely tree still thrives and blooms in the summer months, no doubt benefitting from Williams' steadfast believe that pruning crape myrtles was completely unnecessary and even inadvisable. Off the kitchen, an outdoor sitting area welcomes visitors with a fireplace built using the chimney of the home's original woodstove. Happily, Susanna and Grant Stiles and their three children have added their own flair to the home. e children, Mary Anna, 17; Olivia, 15; and Wade, 14, have settled into a year of remote schooling over the past year. MILL END THE STORE E s t . 1 9 3 6 Spring Sale | March 1 -31, 2021 Specializing in custom draperies, pillows, bedding, designer hardware & the Sandhills' largest wallpaper library. Tuesday - Friday 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 2706 Bragg Blvd., Fayetteville 910-483-2375 themillendstore.org Don't miss the new handbag collection during our extravaganza! Proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. for Hope Upcycled Save on All in-store delights: upholstery & home decor textiles); colorful, latex-free elastic for masks; inspiring trims & tapes; andl luxurious pillow inserts. 20-40% off Chester Williams brought in a variety of millstones and had them placed in the yard.