Happy Surprise, WOW What a Porch! What a Victorian house

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"Look at that porch," I exclaimed as we topped a small rise. We were driving on a back road in the Shenandoah Valley, heading north and home after spending a few days visiting with Nancy's Mom.

"Stop," Nancy shouted, "take a picture."

I had already passed the house and could not turn around on the narrow road until we came to the next driveway. Driving back to the house with the fantastic porch I saw two men on one of the back porches. This house had porches in the front, on the back, on the sides of the house as well as porches on the second story. There are seven porches in all.

Parking in the driveway I walked to where the two men stood, talking. "We were driving by, heading home and saw you house. I love your porches. May I take a picture of the house?"

"Thanks for asking," one of the men replied. "Yes, you can and you might like to come in the house to see the woodwork inside."

This beautiful country home was built about 1900, toward the end of the Victorian era. If you are a lover of Victorian houses, here is one to covet. Sitting on the top of a long, low ridge there is a beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the East and another of the Appalachian Mountains to the West. What a neat place to live, waking to beautiful sunrises and watching beautiful sunsets in the evening.

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Photos

One of the Fireplaces
Note the green tile around the fireplace. This was a very popular feature in the mid to late 1800's.