. Historic Virginia homes and churches . to Fluvanna County, where he owned largetracts of land. He built Brenio Recess, and lived in itwhile he was erecting the handsome mansion which henamed Rremo, in honor of Brenio in Henrico County,which was the home of the Cocke family at a very earlydate. Bi-enio House, with its great stone barns and otherouti)uildings, is one of the notable places on James River.(General Cocke was devoted to the cause of temperanceand as a temperance memorial he had placed on the bank. AT BHK-MO of the James River and Kanawha Canal, at Bremo, a hugeiron vase, p
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . to Fluvanna County, where he owned largetracts of land. He built Brenio Recess, and lived in itwhile he was erecting the handsome mansion which henamed Rremo, in honor of Brenio in Henrico County,which was the home of the Cocke family at a very earlydate. Bi-enio House, with its great stone barns and otherouti)uildings, is one of the notable places on James River.(General Cocke was devoted to the cause of temperanceand as a temperance memorial he had placed on the bank. AT BHK-MO of the James River and Kanawha Canal, at Bremo, a hugeiron vase, pitcher-shaped, which was constantly filled tooverflowing with water introduced by pipes from a unique fountain was long a famous sight to travellersup and down the canal. After the death of General John H. Cocke the prop-erty was inherited by his son, Dr. Cary C. Cocke, andat his death it passed to his two daughters, Misses INIaryand Lelia, who are the present owners. Lower Bremo was built in 1843 and belonged to Dr.
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