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Thornley Family Adventures

Reading time:3 mins read
Post published:May 22, 2015
Post category:History & Genealogy
Post author:Zach @ White Plains

In addition to sunshine, newly opened daffodils, and the promise of spring, the end of March brought a very exciting group of visitors to White Plains. A descendent of the…

Historic Garden Week

Reading time:4 mins read
Post published:April 23, 2015
Post category:History & Genealogy
Post author:Zach @ White Plains

Every year, the Garden Club of Virginia welcomes visitors to over 250 gardens, homes, and historic landmarks across the state for Historic Garden Week. This spring in Fredericksburg, the Rappahannock…

Owens Farm

Reading time:1 mins read
Post published:March 8, 2015
Post category:Farm History & Genealogy
Post author:Zach @ White Plains

This little house sits in the east field, its date unknown. Some stories say that it's a former servant's quarters and others say that it was once part of the…

Architectural Sherlock Holmes

Reading time:3 mins read
Post published:January 21, 2015
Post category:History & Genealogy
Post author:Zach @ White Plains

If Dr. Camille Wells, renowned architectural historian, were to wear the cap of Sherlock Holmes, we were certainly the eager sidekicks attached to her side like good Dr. Watson. Camille…

Family Cemetery

Reading time:2 mins read
Post published:April 5, 2014
Post category:History & Genealogy
Post author:Zach @ White Plains

Mr. Alexander B. Gouldman purchased over 300 acres of White Plains at a public auction on the courthouse steps in the mid 1880s, after the death of its previous owner,…