This house is 2 doors down from us and has been covered with various plants and weeds since the day we first saw it 9 months ago. In the past week a couple of landscapers have cleared the yard, mowed the lawn, trimmed the ivy off the fence, and have now started to clear off the house. I did some research on the property a couple months ago and found out that it was sold at auction last year to a woman who owns a publishing company in New Jersey. If I remember correctly, it was built for a well know African American physcian and later became the only school in the state of Virginia for deaf African American children. The school closed in the 70's and I think has been vacant for at least 20 years. The house is massive and seems to go on and on and on. It sure is exciting to finally get a peek at the structure.


see how far back it goes? This picture was taken back in February.