Charlottesville Off the Beaten Path

The Earl Hamner Home

by 807Wheaton

We visited Charlotteville in 1999 for a three day-weekend. One of our day-trips included a visit to Schuyler. This is where Earl Hamner the author and creator of the show "The Waltons" was born and lived during his youth. This picture is of the Hamner family home. Jim Bob lived in the home until his death , April 1, 2004.

Many of the homes in this area have this type of architecture.
The Schuyler Elementary School has been converted to Walton's Mountain Museum. The museum is housed in the Schuyler Community Center.
The museum includes reproductions of John Boy's bedroom, the kitchen and the family living room.

The museum is open the first Saturday in March to the last Sunday in November. The hours are ten to four. Closed Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving and the second Saturday in October.

Phone: 434-831-2000

Website: www.waltonmuseum.org

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	See the Walton's church in Schuyler, Virginia Tip Rating:

Updated By 807Wheaton on July 16, 2005

Schuyler, Virginia

by 807Wheaton

Schuyler is a small town of 400. The Hamner home is right across the street from the Walton Museum. Just a very short distance from the museum is the church the Hamner family attended. It's nestled in the side of a gentle hill there in the Piedmont area of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It's a very pleasant drive from Charlottesville. There is also a restaurant in town, that seats 50 people.

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	Wintergreen Resort Tip Rating:

Updated By 807Wheaton on July 16, 2005

Inside a stuio at Wintergreen
Resort

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Wintergreen Resort is nestled on the Eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This is a place where the Blue Ridge can be enjoyed year-round. There are ski slopes for winter fun and tennis and two golf courses for summer sports. There is a fabulous spa available 12 months of the year.
This area provides interesting history trips, wine tasting stops and lots of offerings for different seasonal sports.

Phone: 1-800-266-2444 for reservations

Website: www.wintergreenresort.com

Other Contact: 434-325-2200 for other info

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	Wintergreen - Part 2 Tip Rating:

By 807Wheaton on July 16, 2005

Outside deck at Wintergreen

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We visited Wintergreen during the early part of November. Most of the color was gone from the trees but the weather was perfect.
Outside the apartments at Wintergreen there are piles of wood available for fires in their real wood-burning fireplaces.
There was also a shuttle available to take us to the spa and the pool and even to the different restaurants.
The fee included daily maid service.
Very nice place indeed.

Phone: 1-800-266-2444

Website: www.wintergreenresort.com

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	Fantastic colours of fall trees! Tip Rating:

Updated By matcrazy1 on September 6, 2006

FALL TREE IN MONTICELLO

by matcrazy1, 4 more photos

Keep your eyes open when you visit Monticello in late October or early November. Walking around the Jefferson's house I've seen a lot of amazing fall trees and even more on the trail back down to the parking lot. My advice is to skip the shuttle down and walk down on foot and to pay a visit to Thomas Jefferson's grave on the way. Close to the Jefferson's house some trees (rare species?) are signed with the name in English and Latin.

In my homecountry (Poland) fall trees look amazing as well but there is one difference. Leaves on each fall tree has almost the same one colour (red or yellow or still green) in Poland while in Virginia there are trees with leaves of different colours on particular branches. Fantastic!

Phone: +1 (434) 984 9822

Website: http://www.monticello.org

Other Contact: publicaffairs@monticello.org

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	Spherical sundial Tip Rating:

Updated By matcrazy1 on September 9, 2006

SPHERICAL SUNDIAL BY
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
MONTICELLO

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Most visitors don't pay attention to this device in my picture. It's a spherical sundial indicating apparent solar time. The device was designed by Thomas Jefferson and placed on the North Terrace of Monticello. It was something of a novelty in Jefferson's time and probably the first spherical dial in use in North America.

Walking off the beaten path around Jefferson's house I've found numerous beautiful trees in fall colours and the fish pond. Fish caught in neighbouring streams were kept alive in this pool until needed for table use.

Phone: +1 (434) 984 9822

Website: http://www.monticello.org/press/newsletter/2002/sndl.pdf

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	Confederate Heroes Remembered Tip Rating:

By matcrazy1 on September 10, 2006

ROBERT EDWARD LEE,
CHARLOTTESVILLE

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Lee Park contains all of the land bounded by Jefferson Street, First Street N.E., Market Street and Second Street N.E. (map here).

Imposing, equastrian Robert Edward Lee Monument dominates the park standing at its highest point. The statue was unveiled in 1924. Robert Edward Lee (1807 – 1870) was a career U.S. Army officer and the most successful general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Another famous Confederate soldier - Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson - has an equastrian monument in nearby Jackson Park since 1921.

Website: http://stowekeller.com/Portfolio/CityParks/LeePark/LeePark_home.html

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	Simeon Tip Rating:

By matcrazy1 on September 11, 2006

SAINT LUKE'S CHAPEL, SIMEON

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On the way to Jefferson vineyards I stopped for a while in a settlement called Simeon to visit a church built in 1892 - Saint Luke's Episcopal Chapel. But doors were closed in the late afternoon.

Scenes in Ford's novel Janice Meridith are laid in Simeon. Ive got to know from the sign (picture 3) that there was a house of Jefferson's friend Philip Mazzei in Simeon - it was called Colle. He was Italian surgeon, merchant, and horticulturist. He adapted grape culture to Virginia.

Some 300 yards south of VA-53 and VA-732 crossroads I've found the old Simeon farm store. Now it's BRIX Marketplace, a fantastic place to get lunch, I suppose but I was not hungry. Instead I amazed countryside landscape with vineyards along hills and meadows with pasturing cows.

Website: http://trainarchitects.com/2010HTML_Files/2010HTML_01.htm

Other Contact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi

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	Jefferson's grave Tip Rating:

By matcrazy1 on September 9, 2006

MONTICELLO CEMETERY

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Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826 - exactly on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence - and is burried at Monticello with other members of his family in fenced, charming Monticello Cemetery hidden among trees at the west end of Mulberry Row. The cemetery was closed but I could see all graves through a decorative fence.

The letters "O.S." appearing after birth dates on Jefferson's tombstone stand for "Old Style." The Julian or Old Style calendar was in effect in England and her colonies until 1752, when the Gregorian or New Style calendar was adopted. This added eleven days to the current date to bring the calendar year into step with the astronomical year. Thus, the birthday of Jefferson, who was born on April 2 under the Old Style calendar, is now celebrated on April 13, the New Style date. The Gregorian or New Style calendar is still in use today.

Phone: +1 (434) 984 9822

Website: http://explorer.monticello.org/index.html?s1=1|s3=88|s4=|mp=4|tp=1

Other Contact: publicaffairs@monticello.org

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	Classical architecture Tip Rating:

By matcrazy1 on September 10, 2006

JEFFERSON-MADISON REGIONAL
LIBRARY,CHARLOTTESVILLE

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Walking around Charlottesville's downtown I've found a few impressive buildings in classical style. Well, copying classical ancient temples is a worldwide custom, not only American. They are pit up to house noble and important institutions like government offices, libraries, banks etc.

In Charlottesville I've seen among others:
- Jefferson-Madison Regional Library (formerly post office and court building) along the Downtown Mall (201 E. Market Street) - it's a place to access the internet (for free up to 1 hour 9am - 9 pm) if you need,
- building of the Bank of America (corner E. Main St. & 3rd St. E.).