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143 - zip 24555

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Rockbridge Co. , VA Carnry and State

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individual distinction. e igh h century

C] D Propsrty has yisfdsd, or is likely to yield, in in prehistory or history.

8 (Mark "x" in all the boxes that 1786 (first record o f e x i s t e n c e )

institution or for

CI 8 remod from its original location.

Cli C a birthflaw or grave.

U D a cemetery. CUltumI Affiliation N/A

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building, ohm, or stnrcture.

G less than 50 years of ags or achievsd significance

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Previous tion of additional datlr: prdiminary dstsminatbn of individual listing (36 a State Historic Pre~rvation Office CFR 67) has been rquested a Other State agency

previously listsd in the National Register 0 Federal agency 0 prsviously detemined eligible by the National

ister 0 University natsd a National Historic Landmark a Other

V ineyard H i f 1

Thomas N. Kastner

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city or Lexington state VA zip 24450

mp. Glasgow Quadrangle , VA 7.5 minute s e r i e s

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name Mr. James McAleer

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Vineyard Hill Rockbridge Co., VA

A schematic view of the house and adjacent ruins is shown in figure 4. In addition to the house the property contains two ruins: the stone foundation of a spring house and what is thought to have been a fulling . The latter is mentioned specifically in Alexander Beggs's will of 1786 (the first locally recorded evidence of the house and mill). Traces of a race taken from nearby Poagues or Mill Creek to serve the fulling mill are still evident. These ruins are depicted in photos 13, 14, and 15. Behind the house, to the west, are e terraces that may be remnants of an early garden layout.

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

Register of Historic P Continuation Sheet

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Section number 7 Page 3 Rockbr idge Co. , VA

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8 ion n u m b Yineyard Hill Rockbridge Co., YA

8, STA OF SIGNFICANCE Vineyard Hill is of historid significance as an excellent ex le of the earliest rural architecture of

substance in the upper Valley. It is now believed to be the first of the several prosperous plantation/homes that lay along the old road (now SR 608) following the first ridge line west of the Blue Ridge. Vineyard Hill is the oldest and represents a vernacular style in its stone construction and interior arrangement stemming from the Scotch Irish background of the settlers. As such it differs significantly from the style of its early neighbors which being built somewhat later in the early years of the nineteenth century are predominantly of brick construction in the I-house style.

While stone construction represented a major advance in the area's material culture, a move away from a frontier society towards a settled agrarian order, early stone dwellings have become very rare in the county. Less than tzn eighteenth-century stone houses are thought to remain in Rockbridge County, making Vineyard Hill a significant element of the historic landscape.

The renovation of 1970 has skillfully retained the original character of Vineyard Hill while bringing it up to date as a viable residence thereby assuring its preservation for the immediate future. Establishment of landmark status at both the state and national levels is seen as a constructive step toward furthering the continued preservation of Vineyard Hill as an excellent example of early rural architecture in America.

HISORICAL BACKGROUND

hrry is thought to have as a farmer and seems to scs to expand his holdtnge associated with Vineyard

patent 150 acres along Mill Crwk The fitst ouibuildings is found in Beggs' will of 1786

to his s o n Thomas.

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ion number Page 8 Rockbridge Co., VA

vacant cbue to a lack of lling and remains so today as the nsi

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VImYARD HILL

CHRONOLOGY I

Ishe stono house tlttntia on lbnd okncd by :Icxonaer negea (r,~rro DLggo) i t the t i ~ n o of h i s rtetrtii in 1786, Its (kite! of' construction cannot be de tsrmined from locbl rccorcts (Hockbriogo County wba formed in 1770), h s t h e first yw.r in uhich t h e viilua af' buildings ljnd i~nprovemonts wtla idunt i f i ec t in t h e county ~ r . . i d 9ooks wt~s 1820. Previous t o t h b t yosr, the i: 2:. c r :;aci vuiuco of Alexantier f3 e g ~ s h 4 n d his son Thomes f prol,ur ty retnt. ined conabnt . Thia , bnd the primitive style i.nd convtmction of tk~e builning, strongly indicates t h u t i t wtgs b u i l t prior to(17g) --., the earliest yatir for which land records are &vni luble . The followihe is a chronology of rsl'eroncos t o Ale~t*nl!er Begge t4nd tn ~kbotraet of crnnershiy following hitl

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::a. Nov 1750 Jbluea 6i SHrnh 'ITimble sold Alexander Roger (1) 2501 on Buffhlo Creek ((I tributary of the ( 2 ) North Porlc of tho Jtmcs River)

1765 ,'.leuinder Reggtl pctents 1501, on ! d i l l Creek (3 ) Y

( r r tribut~ry of Rufi'trlo Creek) 8 ::ost 17= Y l i l l l b m Taylor ao ld Alext~ncler 8i:ggs ROOA

on North River (North Fork of' Jaaios River) (1 1

7 !A&r 1786 Aluxhnder Baggs will (dntud ld Nov 1785) \?Dl

J groved. Devises t o aon Thorns the p l i i n t tition nlexandor Daggs then lived on,

3 Feb 1840 Thwss B e g ~ s ni l l ._(d-eted 3 Jtrn 1835) yrovod. VB8 Devises to v t ~ X 6 u s children the firms they than lived on trrd lends belrinae t o r r i fe (a -Ann ;raitley 14 Apr 1706) to be sold at her derrth r i th proceeds- aivided.

1 Jan 1& Canfir:ot.$LaaoCti$18 by Comijissianrrs a t DBJJ uuctionb Nov 1854) of 121 A l l 3 P to I;Eo. Reaver of-'u"navlded portion of Those Deggst e s h t e on which h i s widow rosided ttt, her

Recverfi 15 Jpr 1054 ( F l l e 113 - Bundle 572). ? h a t ref(al( .~~d t o I f ) t h i t , deed ffL8d w i t h this

c, y$r-tb$v_t. of sale (dat~d_ iblng i~roperty to include

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stone hourie.

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14 Apr 1887 Title to undivided interests in two trraeta DBSS 449 t o C. P. k.. Brcldy (31/100) Annie C. Drudy (YZ/IOO) ctnd ::&roh E. Lynch (57/100) h m S. H, Lotchor, Coroniiblrrioner, conveyed under decree in Cht-ncery cause [ t d ~ , va %'me rt'tetkverftll hr, ( F i l e 120 - Bundle 39U).

20 Nov 1094 !;trtth E. Lynch bought from C, P, A, & tl, C, DBOl 187 Brhdy B Annio C, Brctdy, r i l l j o i n t ormere, t h e i r in teres t s In Lots 1, 2 , &nd 3, part of l ~ n d v devised by Win, i?@[tver t~nd conveyed by S, H, tutctrer, Cormiuoioner,

19 Oct 1.954' 1

Mtrry ?,I, Lemon bought from D~rah F,, & F. I', DB31 187 Lynch 291A being the snma ss Lot 1 reforred t o i n QL31. D Y l l : t with 0831-187 &oar t h i s l o t * S, N, Joit~naon bought from Mtrry Rt k~drevi ,T, Dm7 75 Lemon 291A b"6ing the sbme t rkc t conveyed in DB91-187 0

3, C. [email protected] b o ~ h t from S, a, Johnson (his fathur) ;)~.24$?. P l t ~ t with deed ~hows atone c '., -.--C------..--- -.5---,.. ---. house, 3. C . Johnson died . Ikvined property t o nibbe I:'B66.,-*.- 2 Fbnnie D, Don6ld. Fbnnie D. John~un dlud. I l a v l ~ ~ I proysrtg Lo C13"/ niecp Ennubell Camden Carr, ,)

Dmeld H. Cltyton, J r . b o u C h t ( 7 1 a from /.nnabeLl C. &rr. 1%. t w i t h deed"'showe

/-.--- -.-- -- -. storie houtre f . . . . , L ., ,.,,,A, J ,, , ,,..,, dnuA.4- 1. fi jtsi'ereneee : t

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rolo Augusta Cowlty records) (3 ) Oren P. Morton IB i ~ l l l Book, iLoc&bridge Cwnty Courthouse DB Deed (t n I

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I. * * * * all of tha-t ce:. 'iain tract of L a n d , together with the .

buildings a d ~provcme~-it: : .thereon, a n d t h e ri::ilts a i r ? a~pu:- tenanceo

thereunto belonging, fronti.n,y on the nor th si6.e o f Skate Road #608 .

in Buffalo Magisterial Z l i a t r i c t * co?ztainin,y a ~ g r o ; c h a t e l g

4 acres, m o r e or less, and bein:: .- :r i l l o f 3 tract o f lmci originally

containiog 21.60 acrcs, :Gore or Less, collveyed unto thc parties of

t h o mrst p , z t from Anabclle Cmtlcn Carr nnr? husband, by need dated

22 September 1966, of r e c o d in t h e Office (;f i!;c C!.cil: of the Circuit

/ >f. C O L W ~ of Roc l rb r idee C O U ~ ~ in Deed r*.ru'mle.s- Dooi: 294 at 306, after deducting

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the fo l lowing outconveya~ccs :

1. Deed t o Jacques F1 T:.ilbot and wife , h t e d 8 J u l y 1969, c"nvey=jnl: s o t s ffPV al< t I ~ C G -

3 LL i l l ~:cI!(T ZVO!: 510 a-b pa,;e 55.

2 , Deed t o E m n i t t Eax.1 Yines, d a t e d 9 July 1969, conveying 11 acres, o f record in Deeg 300:~ 310 at pn,yc 74,

3. Deed t o Eugene 3. iiIull and. wife, dated 11 A t ~ g u s t , 1970, conveying 1.5 acres, of record in Deed Book 316 at pap;e 1G1.

4. Deed t o Ster~hen V. ii'ines kmcl ~ g i f e , dater1 10 AU,QIS~ 1970, conve:rhg 1.4 acres of record in Deed Book 311 at pace 162.

5. Deed to Ernest Barnett anc? w i f e , dated 15 October, 1970, conveying 1 acre, of record in Deed Book 319 at page 303.

The land here in conved?d is * described as follows:

Nati r of Historic P Vineyard Hill ~ o c k b r i d ~ e Co., VA

BEGIRTING at a p o i n t in the r i ~ h t of w a j r o f Road ii 608,

bearing S 54 -00' W 804.5 from a point oppos i t e the centerline o f a metal

TWENCX N 22 - 44 ' V B 239.3 b r i t h l i n e o f Glenn t o a point; TI3EITCE N79 -24' W 224' with line o f Jacques. F. Talbot to a

p o i n t ; f cnce Wines; ~ ' J ~ T : E E S 36 - 30' I!/ 247.5' 1~it11 fence t.: a corner fer.ce ~ o s t with

l i n e of Eel?. ?;fines; TID:NCI: S 13 -00' 369.0' vi-tll fcncc to :A p o i n t in

- . t he r i gh t of tray of ~ o a d fi 608, with l i n e of 12. .I-:. Yines, passing a .$"

, iron pipe by fence at 339 .Of (plat Boo!; 2 at i;a??e 7 13 - bearing corrected r'

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for + chmge ir, magnetic &?cliaation); TiiEY'iCz A 54 -00' 747.7' along 7 - i ,~ht of \lay of Road # 608, cross ing spr int ; l~rnxch nt 112.7' to $kc. P o i n t - -0

The p r o p e r t y nominated i s shown i n the at tached fragment o f $he

Rockbridge County t a x map f o r the Buffalo D i s t r i c t .

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House, front elevation, looking N 14203 1 of 16

House, front and side, looking NE f 4203 2 of 16

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House, rear, looking S 14203 4of 16

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