Location: Front Royal, Warren County,VA Circa: 1920 Style: Italianate Colonial For over 100 years this stately mansion has set on a hill overlooking historic Front Royal. The sunsets from the portico are the same view that Union troops saw as they camped on this hillside making certain that General Robert E. Lee’s forces continued their retreat from Gettysburg. It was in Front Royal that...
Willowshade - Circa: 1855 Style: Greek Revival Location: Route 50 West of Winchester near Gore, VA Early childhood home of Willa Cather, American writer of novels about frontier life on the Great Plains including f "Oh Pioneers" Between 1851 and 1863 William Cather and his wife, Emily Ann Caroline Smith, assembled the farm that became Willow Shade. They built the main house about 1853. They were...
Fawcett Run – Stone house in Frederick County Circa: 1750 Style: Colonial, Stone Location: Near Marlboro in southwest Frederick County, the house is situated on Fawcett Run which feeds into Cedar Creek. As described in Garland R. Quarles' book - "Some Old Homes in Frederick County" (c 1971) No. 139 - known as the Swann – Shull House: "This massive old stone residence...is located on part of a tract...