. Historic Virginia homes and churches . )ertsons. At the foot of the hill on which the mansion house stands is an old mill situated on a lovely creek. Near themill is an old log house, nearly a hundred years old, whichwas Colonel Byars home before the erection of BrookHall. This estate is just two miles from Emory and HenryCollege, of which Colonel Byars was one of the OLD BVAHS HOUSE, WASHINGTON COINTY Southern Aiew—a j^lace of great beauty—is three mileseast of Brook Hall, and the present house was remodelledsome fifty years ago by Colonel James M. Byars. son ofColonel William By
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . )ertsons. At the foot of the hill on which the mansion house stands is an old mill situated on a lovely creek. Near themill is an old log house, nearly a hundred years old, whichwas Colonel Byars home before the erection of BrookHall. This estate is just two miles from Emory and HenryCollege, of which Colonel Byars was one of the OLD BVAHS HOUSE, WASHINGTON COINTY Southern Aiew—a j^lace of great beauty—is three mileseast of Brook Hall, and the present house was remodelledsome fifty years ago by Colonel James M. Byars. son ofColonel William Byars of Brook Hall. Southern Viewwas originally Fort Kilmekmanley, a massive structure ofriver stone with walls three feet thick, which had beenerected in the days of the Indian terror as a protection towomen and children of this section. When Colonel James 468 \IKGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES M. Byars inherited from his father some two thousandacres of this fertile estate, he desired to erect a handsomeresidence on the site of the ohl fort and employed manyworkmen for the jjurpose. Work was begun on demolish-ing the old l)uilding. The tightly cemented gable ends of the old house presented so formidable a resistance that itrequired two weeks to remove them and Colonel Byars de-termined to let the walls remain and cover them with a modern tin roof and terra-cotta chinuieys. T
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