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  1. SUBJECT:

    2. Hughes Home.

  2. LOCATION:

    3. Water Street Suburbs, Bridgewater, Virginia.

  3. DATE:

About 1825.

4. OWNERS:

Allen Brown was the original owner. The property changed hands and was rented to several different tenants, but finally purchased and rebuilt by Roy Anderson, the present owner.
  1. DESCRIPTION:

    2. Originally there were one and one half stories, very crudely built, partly of log and partly of frame. Later it was rebuilt by the present owner who added a half story. Now there are two stories.

  2. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

    3. No special history is connected with this house except that it was one of the Early Cabins in the early history of this city.

  3. ART:
  4. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants: Mr. C.E. Richcreek, Bridgewater, Virginia.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 10, 1937 W.A. Byerly

Bridgewater, VA