▁July ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁the ▁carriage ▁house ▁caught ▁fire , ▁causing ▁the ▁pan icked ▁W ister ▁family ▁to ▁fle e ▁B elf ield , ▁though ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁actual ▁damage ▁to ▁the ▁main ▁house . ▁ ▁After ▁John ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁his ▁wife ▁S all ie ▁W ister ▁continued ▁to ▁live ▁at ▁B elf ield ▁until ▁her ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 . ▁ ▁Upon ▁her ▁death , ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁John ▁W ister ' s ▁will ▁gave ▁B elf ield ▁to ▁his ▁second ▁daughter ▁Sarah ▁Log an ▁W ister ▁St arr , ▁who ▁had ▁lived ▁in ▁another ▁house ▁on ▁the ▁property , ▁later ▁dub bed ▁' The ▁M ansion ', ▁since ▁her ▁marriage ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 . ▁W ister ' s ▁el dest ▁daughter , ▁B ess ie , ▁felt ▁slight ed , ▁leading ▁to ▁a ▁fe ud ▁between ▁the ▁sister s ▁last ing ▁several ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ownership ▁of ▁Sarah ▁and ▁her ▁husband ▁James ▁St arr , ▁the ▁property ▁had ▁bath rooms ▁installed ▁and ▁under ground ▁electric ▁and ▁tele phone ▁lines ▁run ▁to ▁it . ▁ ▁They ▁had ▁the ▁colonial ▁kitchen ▁restored , ▁and ▁plant ed ▁cit rus ▁trees , ▁and ▁a ▁garden ▁of ▁one ▁hundred ▁Te a ▁Ros es . ▁James , ▁who ▁had ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁China , ▁added ▁several ▁rock ▁gard ens ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁rear ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁house , ▁a ▁" Ch inese ▁Garden " ▁that ▁still ▁surv ives