26 | October 2019
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leaves adorn the wooden mantel legs of the fireplace in the
master bedroom.
e house has some unusual amenities, including two
wash closets off the upstairs and downstairs halls. e
closets are just big enough for a sink where people standing
outside the closet could lean in and wash their hands.
ere's also an early version of a motorized li chair
attached to the wall beside the sole staircase. at was
put in for John S. Rockefeller's wife, Nancy. Bowers said
Rockefeller installed cabinet-type handles along the wall
of the staircase so he could grasp them, along with the
bannister on the other side, as he went up and down.
e Rockefellers spent plenty of time outdoors at Long
Valley Farm as well as in. Besides hunting, fishing and
hiking, John S. Rockefeller had metal hooks placed in a tall
pine so he could climb high up, find a good spot to sit and
then read whatever book he'd brought with him.
He didn't feel the need for a lot of talk. Bowers said
he and his uncle Percy, the owner of Overhills, would
reportedly get together and just sit, not saying anything.
ey were perfectly happy.
John S. Rockefeller made regular visits to Long Valley
Farm from his grand home in Greenwich, Connecticut,
into his 90s. He was 102 when he died in 2004. Long Valley
Farm was bequeathed to the Nature Conservancy, which in
2010 gave the land to the North Carolina state parks system
for inclusion in the newly created Carvers Creek State Park.
Long Valley was still a working farm when Rockefeller
died and several longtime employees still lived there. In his
will, Rockefeller made sure those workers would be able to
