River Forest Manor returns to Smith family; Sykes share how they plan to make visits to the manor memorable again - Washington Daily News

River Forest Manor returns to Smith family; Sykes share how they plan to make visits to the manor memorable again - Washington Daily News

When Kristen Smith Sykes was a child, she often visited her grandparents’ home on Main Street in Belhaven. She would have sleepovers there, eat dinners there and every Christmas was like magic in front of the tree, surrounded by presents and family members. She even watched weddings take place on the front steps of her grandparents’ home. To Sykes, the large, white, Edwardian-era home was “grandma’s house,” but to everyone else, it was (and stil…