Old Avent Home, Greensville Co., VA
Here is a picture of an old Avent home, in Greensville Co., VA, near Emporia, VA, courtesy of kinsman Roy Avants. Here's what he says about it:
"A few years back we visited my daughter in Richmond VA. We had a short time to look around Emporia. We were told about the home from an individual in the Library. We were not able to make contact with the owner, but we were told that plans were in process to make repairs to the house. From the looks of it some one will have a big job in ahead of them. A descendant still owns the home and property."
The webmaster came across some information about this house in the book "Sketches of Greensville Co., VA", by Douglas S. Brown (1968):
It was built circa 1840 and was called "Oaklands" or "Dry Bread Plantation". In 1868 it was purchased by Tamlin Avent (Tamlin Avent -> Samuel Avent -> William Avent -> John Avent -> Col. Thomas Avent) who lived there until his death in 1875. It was willed to his grandson William Turner Lundy, and it has remained in the Lundy family ever since. On a recent visit to the site, the webmaster found that the house (located on a dirt road called 'Lundy Lane' in Greensville County, on Dry Bread Rd. about five miles west of the town of Emporia) has, since the below picture was taken, collapsed completely and is now, sadly, in ruins. In 1968 it was described by Douglas S. Brown as follows:
"This is a very pretty house located in a spacious grove of large oaks. The house is a large square two story frame with a one story porch and has a five foot foundation of bricks. There are two large brick chimneys, one on the side and one at the back. The two rooms in the basement are used for a dining room and kitchen. The entrance of double five-paneled pine doors, opens into the hall, where the plain one flight staircase is one string with square banisters and newel with a round hand rail. the mantels are plain, five feet high and painted mahogany. Shop made nails, wooden pins and pegs are used throughout the house."
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