Revised 2007
The Dining Room
This is the Dining Room.
It was originally a bedroom. The original dining room was
located in the much larger room across the hall. That room
is now Terry Honan’s mother’s bedroom. The Honan’s plan to
eventually move the dining room back to its original
location across the hall and will make this into a library.
The table is set with the silver, crystal and china of five
generations of the ladies that have lived in this house.
Some of Mollie Petry’s silver was made by her father,
Montross Hyatt. He was Eufaula’s first silversmith. He
moved here in 1840 when the town was still named Irwinton.
You will often find his maker’s mark on the back of old
silver in Eufaula.
The soup terrene belonged to Terry’s great-grandmother,
Mary Virginia White.
The carpet is a Mashad.
The silver tray on the buffet belonged to Terry’s aunt,
Mary Stewart Carter. It had belonged to King Farouk of
Egypt. You will see that it has the Egyptian royal crest on
it. She was living at Cairo when General Nasser overthrew
King Farouk. She bought the tray at a “garage sale” they
had in the royal palace after the revolution.