If you’re looking for fresh local flowers, heirloom vegetables, or a venue for your special event that is equally special, this is the place. Pharsalia is a working antebellum plantation with a picturesque setting among the orchards and fields of Nelson County. In the spirit of hospitality that has been a hallmark for nearly two … Read more
Major Thomas Massie built Blue Rock for his son Thomas Jr. in 1816. The house was built in the reversed fashion to Pharsalia, having one and a half story in the front with dormers, and the back wing of one story. Blue Rock burned in 1886, surviving only Dr. Massie’s office and chimney, built apart … Read more
Pharsalia is a complex of antebellum plantation buildings located near the village of Massie’s Mill in Nelson County, Virginia. The complex is at the base of Priest Mountain on a knoll overlooking the Tye River Valley and was part of the plantation established by William Massie in 1814. The Federal style, frame manor house was … Read more
Mount Rouge was built around 1816 by John Cobbs and his wife Jane on a tract purchased two years earlier from Thomas and Ann Fitzhugh. The land was part of the vast acreage originally owned by Parson Robert Rose. Cobbs named it Mont Rouge (French for Red Hill) from the color of the soil. Although … Read more
Fleetwood Hill is one of the oldest and most interesting brick houses in the Upper Tye River Valley, was part of Parson Rose’s large patent. The house is situated on a hill on the Old Roseland Road, and provides a commanding view of both Hat Creek and Tye River. The house descended to Anne Rose, … Read more
Built in 1890, Valley View is an L-Shape, two-story, frame Victorian house. It was named Valley View in celebration of the natural amphitheater overlooked by the house and the panorama of the orchards, fields, and mountains visible from every window in the house. Interior It was first built as a seven-room home, but in 1914, … Read more
The house was built by William Massie for his son and his wife around 1861. The house at Snugdale is built in a T-floor plan, having four rooms and hall in the front part and two in the back. The small front porch has a plastered overhead, just as the inside of the building. This … Read more