| 1907 | Gilbert, Lily & son Weeks Hall leave the Shadows to live with Hall’s relatives in Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1909 | Lily and Weeks Hall move to New Orleans |
| 1913-1918 | Weeks Hall studies art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia |
| 1918 | Lily Weeks Hall dies leaving her son her share of the family home |
| 1919 | Weeks Hall purchases his Aunt Harriet’s share for $7,500 becoming sole owner of the Shadows |
| 1920-1922 | Weeks Hall travels in Europe on art scholarship |
| 1922 | Hall returns home in May and begins restoration of the Shadows |
| 1949 | National Trust for Historic Preservation is formed |
| 1958 | Hall dies leaving family home and contents to the National Trust
for Historic Preservation |
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