Here is historical description of more than one hundred homes and countless
other representative buildings constructed before 1875 in Middlesex County,
known for a time as the unofficial capital of the old Virginia Colony.
Lavishly illustrated with fine photography and artist’s sketches especially
prepared for this volume, the portrayal is enriched by reproductions of numerous
old photographs.
Great river houses—Hewick, Brandon, Barns Elms, Rosegill, Wilton, homes of
Christopher Robinson, Phillip Grymes, Edmund Berkeley, the Wormeleys, the
Churchills—and others of lesser fame and architectural distinction extended from
Stingray Point to Essex County, from the Piankatank River to the Rappahannock,
and from the most remote tracts on the Dragon to Montague Island. Home where
sons of Middlesex were born, grew up, married, and died have been lovingly
treated and painstakingly researched.
Genealogical leads abound throughout the book. Interesting family
connections appear, related through marriages, wills and deeds to names once
common in the county.
Authentic and interestingly drawn from Court Records and augmented by old
letters, diaries, and personal recollection, this book uniquely recaptures the past
and recreates many homes long fallen.
| Historic Buildings in Middlesex County Virginia 1650-1875 by Louise E. Gray, Evelyn Q. Ryland, Bettie J. Simmons Photography and Art Work by Richard A. Genders Edited by Walter C. Johnson |
| Reduced Price $20.00 |