Viewmont

Posted by mountainmelody On 6/22/2008 06:47:00 AM
In Virginia, among other things, we visited sites associated with Lottie Moon, the most famous Baptist missionary.
Lottie grew up at Viewmont, one of the largest estates in Virginia.
There was a nice historic marker (if you can read it).
The countryside was beautiful.
Hidden down the driveway was the current house, built from the bricks of the chimneys of the original house.
But the "no trespassing" signs everywhere meant that we could just imagine what the house looked like.

2 Responses to 'Viewmont'

  1. Crystal Watford said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2008/06/viewmont.html?showComment=1214173740000#c542347315590209004'> 5:29 PM

    um.. they built the whole house from chimney bricks or it's used as part of the house? That'd be a really small house, I think. :)

     

  2. mountainmelody said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2008/06/viewmont.html?showComment=1214173800000#c7999965357882870629'> 5:30 PM

    actually...the first house had two huge chimneys, so I guess that's how they could build another house out of it! maybe they added some bricks too, I don't know...

     

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