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The Count's Quarters
Greenfield house, sign and furniture painter
George Washington Mark (1795-1879) came to town
in 1817 and remained there until his death,
leaving behind many examples of his folk art in
Franklin County. The independent ``Count Mark''
was regarded as a bit of an eccentric but was
respected as a master of his art-form in the
community. If you are lucky, you may still be
able to find a grain-painted chest of drawers,
chair, lampstand or bed attributed to Mr. Mark,
but many of his grained doors and floors were
long ago painted over with Benjamin Moore's
finest. That's what makes the three grain-painted
doors and the feather-painted floor attributed to
Mr. Mark in this fireplaced guest room so
special. You may never see a better-preserved
example of his doors and floors than in this room
and the adjacent halls and bedrooms. The double
bed is a period, Sheraton, four-poster canopy
with birds-eye maple posts that match ``The
Count's'' horizontal door panels, not to mention
the veneered drawer fronts on the room's
Sheraton, cookie-corner, four-drawer, cherry
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