Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Mount Airy |
Description |
A series of five black and white photographs taken at "Mount Airy", a large T-shaped mansion built by Benjamin Deyerle for Jeremiah K. Pitzer about 1845. Pitzer originally named the house "Edge Hill", but later renamed it "Mount Airy". It sat on the plateau overlooking Roanoke River and Masons Creek, and commanded a magnificent view of the river and mountains to the west. Following litigation, B. S. Webb acquired Pitzer's property in 1888. The property changed hands rapidly after that -- to J. Pringle Jones, to Sidney J. Tabor, to Roscoe J. Wright, to David W. Flickwir, and finally to John M. Parrott in 1921. In 1933, with the Great Depression in full swing, the Veterans Administration purchased the property from the Parrott Estate, and the VA hospital was constructed. |
Object ID |
2007.68.4 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Aufenger & Dunn |
Date |
circa 1935 |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Subjects |
Houses Exteriors Brickwork Porches, wrap around Porches Columns Shutters Windows Doors & doorways Chimneys Railings Stairs Doors, screen Water towers Water tanks Silos |
Search Terms |
Salem, Virginia Pitzer family Parrott family Veterans Administration Hospital Mount Airy (residence) |
People |
Deyerle, Benjamin Pitzer, Jeremiah K. Parrot, John H. |
Collection |
History Museum Photograph Collection |
Imagefile |
022\2007684.JPG |
Number of images |
5 |