Birdwood
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Historic site in Charlottesville.
Since
1940
Where
Charlottesville
From Downtown
3.1 mi
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About
Birdwood is a historic home located on the grounds of the University of Virginia's Birdwood Golf Course near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The documented history of what would come to be known as Birdwood began in the early 18th century, when David Lewis acquired the property in a 3,000-acre land grant from the Crown.
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History
- 1759Four other owners purchased several hundred acres of this grant over the next 150 years, including John Dabney in 1759, John Kerr in 1793, Hoare Browse Trist in 1800, and William Garth in 1810.
- 1879Samuel Buck purchased the Birdwood property in 1879.
- 1936James De Witt purchased the core property in 1936, although by this time the Birdwood land holdings reduced to 560 acres.
- 1940Cornelius Walworth Middleton and Isabelle Hoxie Middleton purchased Birdwood Farm in 1940 and undertook renovations to the main pavilion and also constructed Middleton House, the Caretaker's Cottage, several lakes, and a show barn for their Hereford cattle.
- 2003Birdwood was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Fun stuff
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The Bucks only owned the property for eleven years, but they appeared to have been active farmers.
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In 1967, the University of Virginia purchased the first of several portions of the Birdwood property.
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