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Wintergreen stands in Southern Rockfish Valley, on the west side of the south fork of the Rockfish River. Hawes N. Coleman purchased the land on which he later built Wintergreen in April of 1789. Coleman acquired land in the Valley until he had accumulated more than 1000 acres by 1807. Wintergreen became the first house … 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
In early 1760s, James Montgomery built a log house on Glenthorne Tract. Years later, the present manor house was built. The house is five-bay, two-story, Federal style. It originally consisted of eight rooms with large central hall and a basement. The house has no footing, it sits solid on the ground starting with six bricks … Read more
High View stands on a high rise near the entrance to Beech Grove, with panoramic view of the surrounding mountains and valleys. Ryland Rodes built it in 1835, taking ten years to complete. The front of the house originally faced the Stage Road, but became the back of the house when the road was changed. … Read more
River Bluff is dramatically sited at the base of the mountains, on a steep bank overlooking the south fork of the Rockfish River. River Bluff stands on a tract of land owned by Alexander Reid, Jr., until 1779, when he sold it to Nathaniel Clarke. While the exact building date cannot be determined, the plan … Read more
George Williams, a prominent local architect and builder built Willow Brook in 1820. Willow Brook has been for over a century in the Whitehead family, which four of its generations have served in the General Assembly. Two chimneys west of the dwelling are believed to be the remains of the original house where Williams lived … Read more
James Wood built Three Chimneys about 1750 on a land grant from the King of England. Tradition holds that it was used as a tavern and that the present rear (east) façade was originally the front, which faced the Rockfish River and the old road. Three Chimneys possesses a high degree of exterior and interior … 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