The center-hall main house retains its original woodwork, with hand-carved door frames and mantelpieces imported from England.

Mary was married to Charles J. Faulkner I (1806–1884), was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates who advocated a gradual abolition of slavery and the forcible annexation of Texas from Mexico.

Faulkner was Stonewall Jackson's assistant adjutant-general during the American Civil War, and was temporary president of the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872.

On an hour's notice Mary Faulkner obtained an exemption from Abraham Lincoln, saving the house.

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