Avoca (Altavista, Virginia)
Avoca, also known as Avoca Museum, is a historic home located near Altavista, Virginia, Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia. It was designed by Lynchburg Architect, John Minor Botts Lewis and built in 1901, after the original and second dwellings were destroyed by fire in 1879 and 1900. It is a large -story, asymmetrical, wood-frame residence in the Queen Anne Style architecture, Queen Anne style. It has a hipped roof and features a tower and verandah. Also on the property are a contributing -story brick kitchen, a wood-frame smokehouse, tenants house and office, and family cemetery. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> Property and family history Avoca was originally the private residence of Colonel Charles Lynch (jurist), Charles Lynch (1736–1796). He established his home here in 1755 as part of a land grant from King George II of Great Britain to his father, in 1740, and called it Green Level. Colonel Charles Lynch was a planter and distinguished himself as a lawmaker and soldie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Altavista, Virginia Altavista is an incorporated town in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,450 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. History A new town on a new railroad The town of Altavista was created in 1905 during the construction of the east-west Tidewater Railway between Giles County (on the border with West Virginia) and Sewell's Point in what was at the time Norfolk County. Planned by Campbell County native William Nelson Page and financier and industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers, the Tidewater Railway was combined with the Deepwater Railway in West Virg |