The Table

Strong and Sturdy

Before The Beekman was lovingly restored, it had been abandoned, left to weather the brutal elements atop the hill it has graced for more than two centuries.

The aging structure, with its grand rooms and firm place in the annals of the local lore, was far too much of a temptation for teenagers and vagabonds looking for a place to call their own.   The walls were pocked with graffiti and the hallways littered with remnants of other people's lives.

One day, earlier this year...