Pembroke Jones died in 1919, and three years later, Mrs. Jones married art collector and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad executive Henry Walters on April 11, 1922 in New York City. Mr. Walters died in 1931. Mrs. Walters survived her second husband by over a decade. In 1941 her own art collection, consisting mostly of 18th Century French furniture, statuary, and tapestries was sold at Park-Benet for over $600,000. Sarah Green Jones Walters died in 1943 in her apartment at the Plaza Hotel and was buried beside her first husband in Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington. Her daughter, Sarah Green Jones married John Russell Pope, famed National Gallery and Jefferson Memorial architect. A portrait of Sarah Green as a young girl of fifteen was owned by her granddaughter, Mrs. Jane Pope Akers, of Palm Beach, Fla.and Sarah Walters died in 1943.
Sarah married Pembroke Jones on Nov. 27 1884 and at the same time purchased the Dudley Mansion in downtown Wilmington as well as the Seaside Hotel in 'Wrightsville by the Sound'. She later acquired adjacent property and turned it into a grand resort named 'Airlie' after Pembroke's ancestral home. The grand house here eventually had 34 rooms, indoor tennis court, and apartments for her guests that came from all over, particularly New York and Newport, where they had other residences. She was instrumental in developing natural gardens around the property, including a pergola and two lakes. Airlie Gardens is enjoyed today by the public.
Sarah married Pembroke Jones on Nov. 27 1884 and at the same time purchased the Dudley Mansion in downtown Wilmington as well as the Seaside Hotel in 'Wrightsville by the Sound'. She later acquired adjacent property and turned it into a grand resort named 'Airlie' after Pembroke's ancestral home. The grand house here eventually had 34 rooms, indoor tennis court, and apartments for her guests that came from all over, particularly New York and Newport, where they had other residences. She was instrumental in developing natural gardens around the property, including a pergola and two lakes. Airlie Gardens is enjoyed today by the public.
Pembroke Jones died in 1919, and three years later, Mrs. Jones married art collector and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad executive Henry Walters on April 11, 1922 in New York City. Mr. Walters died in 1931. Mrs. Walters survived her second husband by over a decade. In 1941 her own art collection, consisting mostly of 18th Century French furniture, statuary, and tapestries was sold at Park-Benet for over $600,000. Sarah Green Jones Walters died in 1943 in her apartment at the Plaza Hotel and was buried beside her first husband in Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington. Her daughter, Sarah Green Jones married John Russell Pope, famed National Gallery and Jefferson Memorial architect. A portrait of Sarah Green as a young girl of fifteen was owned by her granddaughter, Mrs. Jane Pope Akers, of Palm Beach, Fla.and Sarah Walters died in 1943.
Sarah married Pembroke Jones on Nov. 27 1884 and at the same time purchased the Dudley Mansion in downtown Wilmington as well as the Seaside Hotel in 'Wrightsville by the Sound'. She later acquired adjacent property and turned it into a grand resort named 'Airlie' after Pembroke's ancestral home. The grand house here eventually had 34 rooms, indoor tennis court, and apartments for her guests that came from all over, particularly New York and Newport, where they had other residences. She was instrumental in developing natural gardens around the property, including a pergola and two lakes. Airlie Gardens is enjoyed today by the public.
Sarah married Pembroke Jones on Nov. 27 1884 and at the same time purchased the Dudley Mansion in downtown Wilmington as well as the Seaside Hotel in 'Wrightsville by the Sound'. She later acquired adjacent property and turned it into a grand resort named 'Airlie' after Pembroke's ancestral home. The grand house here eventually had 34 rooms, indoor tennis court, and apartments for her guests that came from all over, particularly New York and Newport, where they had other residences. She was instrumental in developing natural gardens around the property, including a pergola and two lakes. Airlie Gardens is enjoyed today by the public.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
