Historic Linden Row Inn in Richmond recently completed a full  
renovation of its largest parlor suite that is named after Richmond  
preservationist Mary Wingfield Scott.  The renovation was managed by  
Richmond based historic restoration specialist Gable Painter and  
included a complete restoration of the  original wooden floors and  
crown molding in the suite, along with the installation of new  
furnishings.  It is documented on next week's 30 minute episode of  
"Restorer Guy" on the TLC channel at 7 pm.

Architectural history buffs will remember that Linden Row, built in  
the mid nineteenth century, is located in the heart of downtown  
Richmond.  Linden Row represents just one of the many properties in  
Ricmond that Miss Scott saved from the wrecking ball or, in her words,  
the "bulldozing brotherhood."  Local lore has it that Edgar Allan Poe  
spent time in a garden on the site as a child, and that this inspired  
his "enchanted garden."

More on Poe can be seen and experienced at the Library of Virginia's  
outstanding new exhibition, Poe:  Man, Myth, or Monster? that runs  
through December 5, 2009; check out the special site IKnowPoe.com.
Alyson Taylor-White
Virginia Review Editor


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