this room would have served as the dining room to the family as noted by the food motive on the fireplace mantle. when they built a later dining room at addition, it allowed them to paint and transform this dining room into a parlor. this is a room where they would play games. they loved games of chance and guessing games. their greatest love was music. all of the children were trained musicians. this is their very own piano forte. the girls play the harp and the boys played the violin. all of the children sang. they had over 900 pieces of sheet music. one of the largest private collections that could be found anywhere in anti-bellum america. over the door, we have another painting by the same artist. this is joseph marx. you may ask yourself, being of the jewish faith, how did they find people of the same faith to considering they were the first jewish family in norfolk? it was very difficult. married two ofn mr. marx's daughters. over the fireplace, you can see an original looking glass and to original oil lamps. two these may be the first oil lamps in virginia as he would have had access to w

would have served as the dining room to the family as noted by the food motif on the fireplace mount tilt -- mantle. andllowed them to paint formed this dining room into a parlor. this is a room where they would play games. they loved games of chance and guessing games. the greatest love was music. were -- all ofen the children were trained musicians. the girls play the harp and the boys played the violin. all of the children sang. they had over 900 pieces of sheet music. one of the largest private collections that could be found anywhere in anti-bellum america. -- antebellum america. this is joseph marx. you may ask yourself, being of the jewish faith, how did they find people of the same faith to marry concerning the fact that there were the first to establish residence here? it was very difficult. son marry two of mr. marx daughter's. over the fireplace, you can see an original looking glass and to original oil lamps. two original oil lamps. these may be the first oil lamps and virginia. come along with me and i will escort you to the dining room. we are standing in the granite dining room. this