Reynolds Homestead
N 36° 35.975 W 080° 09.490
17S E 575294 N 4050784
Reynolds Homestead is the Birthplace of Tobacco manufacturer R. j. Reynolds
Waymark Code: WMH3Y
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2006
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The Reynolds Homestead is the birthplace and boyhood home of tobacco manufacturer R. J. Reynolds. Built in 1843, the two-story brick home has been restored to its nineteenth century state and includes many of the original family furnishings. The grounds include several outbuildings, a brick 3-floor kitchen, brick milk house, a log icehouse and log granary and two graveyards in the midst of 717 acres of fields and woods.
The Text of the marker reads:
REYNOLDS HOMESTEAD
"Four miles to the north is Rock Springs Plantation, the boyhood home of Industrialist R. J. Reynonds. The land was settled in 1814 by Abram Reynolds and his wife Mary Harbour. About 1843 their son William Hardin Reynolds built the present brick house for his bridge Nancy Jane Cox. The couple had 16-children, including Richard Joshua Reynolds, who founded R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. In 1970 the house was restored by Hardin's granddaugher, Nancy Susan Reynolds "
Marker Number: U-34
Marker Title: Reynolds Homestead
Marker Location: U. S. Route 58 at Abram Penn Road
County or Independent City: Patrick County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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