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  1. SUBJECT:

    2. Chambers Home.

  2. LOCATION:

    3. South Water Street, Bridgewater, Virginia.

  3. DATE:

    4. Unknown.

  4. OWNERS:

    5. The present owner is a stepmother of Mrs. Lydia Chambers, who is no a resident of our city. The owner is a very old lady and lives in some part of Indiana.

  5. DESCRIPTION:

    6. This is an abandoned, partially tumbled down shack, yet is associated with the early town history.

  6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

    7. This house is near the banks of North River. It withstood the ravages of the great floods of 1870-1877, and the recent spring flood of 1937. Then it was occupied, but now is abandoned.

  7. ART:
  8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants: Mr. A.J. Anderson, Bridgewater, Virginia.

Mr. W.A. Byerly, Bridgewater, Virginia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 10, 1937 W.A. Byerly

Bridgewater, VA