. Historic Virginia homes and churches . e of the fairest roof-trees in Virginia. Samuel Kercheval, in his history of thevalley of Virginia, describes it as it was during the lifetimeof Colonel Nathaniel Burwells son and heir, George , who was then its master. He saj^s, The resi-dence of Mr. George Harrison Bin-well is splendidly im-proved with stone buildings. The main building is sixty-six feet by thirty, three stories with a wing at each end,twenty-one feet long, two stories high. The whole build-ing is finished in the most tasteful style of modern archi-tecture. This was the forme
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . e of the fairest roof-trees in Virginia. Samuel Kercheval, in his history of thevalley of Virginia, describes it as it was during the lifetimeof Colonel Nathaniel Burwells son and heir, George , who was then its master. He saj^s, The resi-dence of Mr. George Harrison Bin-well is splendidly im-proved with stone buildings. The main building is sixty-six feet by thirty, three stories with a wing at each end,twenty-one feet long, two stories high. The whole build-ing is finished in the most tasteful style of modern archi-tecture. This was the former residence of ColonelNathaniel Burwell, a gentleman of great wealth. Thebuilding stands on a beautiful eminence and commands adelightful view of the Blue Ridge and the adjacent neigh-borhood. The water is conveyed by force-pumps from afine spring to the dwelling house, yards, and stable, at adistance of about three hundred yards. This fine farm maywith truth be said to be among the most elegantly improvedestates west of the Blue CARTER HALL. CLARKE COUNTY
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