. Historic Virginia homes and churches . 8. AVhile seeking a home Major Massie visited tlic wildand beautiful upper valley of the Tye River, in that timein Amherst County and then almost uninhal)ited. Muchtaken with the ma<initicent scenerv, the richness of the. PHARSALIA rough land and its accessibility to the markets—being onlytwenty miles from the James (then considered a shortdistance)—he bought from John Rose, the originalpatentee, 3111 acres on the upper Tye River. This gently rolling plateau, between 900 and 1000feet above the sea and lying at the foot of the Priest Mountain, was sel
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . 8. AVhile seeking a home Major Massie visited tlic wildand beautiful upper valley of the Tye River, in that timein Amherst County and then almost uninhal)ited. Muchtaken with the ma<initicent scenerv, the richness of the. PHARSALIA rough land and its accessibility to the markets—being onlytwenty miles from the James (then considered a shortdistance)—he bought from John Rose, the originalpatentee, 3111 acres on the upper Tye River. This gently rolling plateau, between 900 and 1000feet above the sea and lying at the foot of the Priest Mountain, was selected by Major Massie as the site of hisnew home. The first small house was completed in 1798, the largerone begun in 1799 and finished about 1803. They both 208 MKGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES face the east and overlook the Httk- valleys of Castle Creekand Rocky Rim, and, l)ehind, the big Priest towers up?iOM iLct al)ovc the sea. The plan of the second and larger house is first Hoor was one long line, only l)roken by a porchcovered witli a large clhnbing rose and honeysuckle, andcontained foui- rooms and a quaint square panelled the back of this hall a long passage extended toanother large room, built originally for a
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