Lucas Cabin

[Rsmyth]

Yep, Kauffman wrote Route 206. I may have come to close to the 9 on the IPad. It is a touch screen after all. That's my story and I am sticking to it.

[Laurie Verge]

It is a shame that the Peyton house is endangered. The village of Port Royal, Virginia, was one of the places considered by the Rockefellers for restoration before they finally decided on Williamsburg (Annapolis, Maryland, was the other - it came in second). As a result, there was a tremendous amount of research done on the various buildings.

The Brockenbough family was well-to-do, and the original parlor had exquisitly carved wooden walls. As I understand it, those walls were bought in the mid-1900s by a Kansas City art museum. They are now in storage, and I was told about ten years ago that the museum has offered to give them back to anyone who buys the Peyton house and restores it properly.

Rich Hill, home of Samuel Cox in Southern Maryland, is facing a similar fate of falling down. Its owner is a state legislator who ignores all pleas to at least stabilize it.

[Jim Garrett]

Laurie is correct. Parts of the interior are in storage and have changed hands at least once. The current owner would love nothing more than the interior to go back to the original house.....for a price. Port Royal is a real mixed bag. It has beautiful restored homes that are breath taking. Port Royal also has more than its share or house trailers and fixer uppers. There are several other properties associated with Booth and company coming through Port Royal.

[Laurie Verge]

The last I heard, the price to bring the handsome walls back to the Peyton House was the cost of shipping. Have you heard anything different??

[Jim Garrett]

I believe that the owner wanted $15,000, bit I could be incorrect. About two years ago, the owner of the Peyton house thought the property was worth about $400,000. Herb Collins and Cleo Coleman of Historic Port Royal was trying to breath some sense into this person.

There are two nice books pertaining to the are, "hidden Village" by Ralph Emmett Fall and the just published "Caroline County Estates, Residences and Historic Sites" by the esteemable Herbert Ridgeway Collins.

[Laurie Verge]

Port Royal used to have a website with historical information. I haven't checked lately, however.

[Jim Garrett]

The website is still there, so google historic port royal.