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Grotto

TIME : 2016/2/18 12:42:35

Northwest of the Capitol is the charming 1879 grotto, a redbrick hexagon with black-iron gates and an interior well. Its official name is the Summer House, so-called because this is where women back in the day came to stay cool in their big hoop dresses during the warmer months.