. Virginia, the Old Dominion, as seen from its colonial waterway, the historic river James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete with monuments and scenes recalling the march of history and its figures from the days of Captain John Smith to the present time . ? ^ ^ >m ^. AT THE PIER MARKED BRANDON And here was our first reminder of a dis-tressing chapter in the story of knew that but few of these buildingswere old-time outbuildings of the estate. TheCivil War bore hard upon this as upon otherhomes along the James. It left little uponthe plantation except the old ma
. Virginia, the Old Dominion, as seen from its colonial waterway, the historic river James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete with monuments and scenes recalling the march of history and its figures from the days of Captain John Smith to the present time . ? ^ ^ >m ^. AT THE PIER MARKED BRANDON And here was our first reminder of a dis-tressing chapter in the story of knew that but few of these buildingswere old-time outbuildings of the estate. TheCivil War bore hard upon this as upon otherhomes along the James. It left little uponthe plantation except the old manor-house it-self, and that injured and defaced. On ahead, we could see the gi-eat grovein which the manor-house stands, looming upin the midst of the cleared land like a smallforest reservation. Our route this timebrought us to the homestead from the land-ward side through an open park, and we gota better view of the building than the densefoliage on the other side had permitted. Thehouse is of the long colonial type, consistingof a square central building, two large flank-ing wings, and corridors. Itis built of brick laid in Flemish bond, showinga broken pattern of glazed headers. Eachfront has its wide central porch and double-door entranceway. The emblem of hosp
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