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I was inspired by this photo found on flickr. So I drove down the Dendron, VA to find this old house.
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20Mar07
Received this info on the house from the county historical society:
“The information below was noted for our 100th anniversary of the Town of Dendron which we celebrated in June 2006.Parker House:
The Parker House was the home of Thomas D. and Cornelia Spratley Parker, conveyed to them by her father, Stith Spratley, in 1890. Mr. Parker was a merchant, Dendron?s first Postmaster, and Vice President of the Bank of Dendron. He was installed by the Surry Lumber Company as a member of the Town Council established in 1896. The Parker House is an imposing two-story structure with large bay windows on both floors.
The house now belongs to a local farmer who owns the house and fields to the left and behind the structure. The Parker house is the most noticeable house in Dendron. We thought that there was a chance that the farmer would donate the house to the Historical Society and we would try to find a grant to save it. The house has not had anyone living in it for the past 15 to 20 years. The house has three bay windows. It also has a gutter system that is built into the eves which were not well maintained and have been leaking since the time when it was abandoned. We had a land survey done of the house lot but the owner wanted to be assured that we would have the work done to the house in two years. We just spent nine years repairing a boxcar that ran on the railroad that once was in Dendron so we could not make the guarantee that we could have the work done at some specific time. Thus the house sits and rots even more.
Bill Richardson
President
Dendron Historical Society”
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01Mar07
That’s nice that you found the house! I have not been back since I took the photo in 2004. My fiance and I went upstairs, even though it did not look very structurally sound. A woman with the county historical society e-mailed some info on the house to me…I’ll try to find that and will post it on Flickr. Thanks for taking a look at the photo and leaving the nice note. Take care.