nancy lived in the first street house until 1988 it was commonly believed even by scores of mayfairs that she was really stella 's daughter ) in 1891 , the first street household consisted of remy mayfair , who seemed years older than his brother julien , though he was not , and was rumored to be dying of consumption , which he finally did in 1897 , julien 's sons , barclay , garland , and cortland , who were the first mayfairs to be sent off to boarding schools on the upper east coast where they did well , millie mayfair , the only one of remy 's children never to marry , and finally , in addition to julien and mary beth , their daughter , little belle , who as already mentioned was slightly feebleminded by the end of the century the house included clay mayfair , mary beth 's brother , and also the unwilling and heartbroken katherine mayfair after the destruction of riverbend , and from time to time other cousins during all this time , mary beth was the undisputed lady of the house , and it was mary beth who inspired and carried out a great refurbishing of the structure before 1900 , at which time three bathrooms were added and the gaslight was expanded to the third floor , and to the entire servants ' quarters , and to two large outbuildings as well , one of which was a stable with living accommodations above it .