THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, October 4, 1996 TAG: 9610020152
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: 39 lines
The Courthouse Cotillion, a celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the 1846 Courthouse that now houses the Portsmouth Art Center, was a gala event aimed at raising money for the museum's programs. William Hargroves, the chairman, said the party cleared at least $10,000.
On Saturday night, the benefit featured bars, a buffet and dance music by Walter Noona under a tent in the museum's parking lot. In the courthouse galleries, party-goers got the first look at an exhibition of local artifacts, on loan from local folks, dating to the antebellum times of the building.
A Sunday tour featuring Greek Revival architecture, popular during the mid-1800s, was hampered by a rainy day. Still more than 100 people rode the trolley buses around Olde Towne and to the Naval Hospital and Naval Shipyard to visit the historic sites. ILLUSTRATION: Photos by IDA KAY JORDAN
Philip Weber, left, and Bill Schlaht wear period clothes tailored
for them to sport in their new shop, Anderson-Wright Antiques and
Gardens.
Mayor James W. Holley III, left, greets Naval Shipyard commander,
Capt. William Klemm.
Morton V. ``Mo'' and Linnea Whitlow, at left, and Dave and Nancy
Walker, right, dance to the music of the Walter Noona Trio. In the
background are Paul and Vicki Garrison.
AT LEFT: John Paul Hanbury, the architect who restored the
courthouse building, and his daughter, Mary Ruffin Viles, center,
chat with Nan Klemm.
Navy man Greg Thielen, from left, and his wife Diane, chat with Judy
Perry, chairman of the Portsmouth Museums and Fine Arts Commission. by CNB