The Beadles House is a historic house located at 515 Greene Acres Road near Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia. It was built from 1788 to 1789 by Revolutionary War militia captain John Beadles.[2][1] It is a two-story, chestnut and poplar log dwelling.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 2000.[2][1]
The land on which the Beadles House stands was originally a part of the Octonia Grant in the early eighteenth century.[2] In 1779 William Stanard owned the property, which passed through the ownership of Thomas and Pattey Streshly and later Mace and Sally Pickett.[2] In 1788, Revolutionary war militia captain John Beadles acquired the 437 acres of land.[1]
Tradition and architectural evidence suggest Beadles built his house shortly after his marriage to Lurania Miller (1788 or 1789).[1] Beadles' estate in 1824 included sixteen slaves, a still, swine and other livestock, and stores of tobacco (2,700 pounds), corn, wheat, rye, oats, hay, flax, and hemp.[2] John and Lurania had seven children, one of whom, William, inherited the home place.[2] In 1839 William Beadles sold the house and 352 acres to James White who lived there with his wife Frances their children.[2]
The 1850 federal census listed James White as a farmer owning $2,800 in real estate; the 1860 census listed him as a farmer owning $8,040 in real estate and $11,720 in personal estate.[2] After James White's death the property passed to his wife and after her death to her grandchildren.[2] A daughter, Virginia White (1848-1909), may have lived in the house until it was sold out of the family in 1900. After 1900 the property passed through several owners before being purchased by Tyree J. Sims in 1918. Sims had a frame wash-house with a stone chimney constructed around 1920, which contributes to the building's historic status.[2]
In 1945 Sims transferred 228.5 acres including the house to his daughter Violet and her husband George Rhodes. The farm was sold out of the Sims/Rhodes family in 1957 and in 1970 the land was subdivided into residential lots.[2] Dorothy Davis, a past mayor of Washington, Virginia, purchased the house in 1970.[2]
Дом и 3,265 акра земли были приобретены в 1999 году Кеннетом и Кэрол Вайс. Они полностью отремонтировали дом с фундамента, соблюдая требования, которые позволили им внести его в список достопримечательностей в реестрах национальных исторических мест и исторических мест Вирджинии. Примерно в 1800 году Вайсы пристроили еще один дубовый бревенчатый дом, соединив его с домом Бидлсов большой кухней из столбов и балок. [2] С тех пор он претерпел значительные улучшения. [ нужна цитата ]