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RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY
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NAME OF OWNER
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#151 a
128
Number of Acres:
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Location
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peak
Roads:
Williams, Taylor, Cheatham & Priest
1/2 mile south of Panorama lying in Page and Rappahannock Counties j
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Park area > and surrounding MaryTs Rock, the high
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Nine miles to Ruray over Lee Highway
Sandy loam, with numerous rocky bluffs and boulders around
Mary's Rock
Soil:
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History of Tract and condition of timber:
A portion of this tract has been badly
The timber consists of scrubby trees of inferior quality
burned over
and no commercial value
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There is on this tract an old log cabin which has been re
paired and is now used by the Appalachian Trail Club as a shelter
Improvements:
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Acreage and value of types:
Types
Ridge:
Slope :
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Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
70
@
$1.00
$70.00
58
@
3.00
174.00
$244.00
128
Cove :
Grazing Land :
75.00
$319.00
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Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land :
Orchard :
Minerals:
Value of Land : $
244*00
Value of Improvements: $
75*00
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood : $
Value per acre for tract: $ 2*49
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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CLERK
�Corrected report
County * Peg © & Rappahannock
District: Sprin, ;field & Pied
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11life a 3 Taylor,Cheatham ?z Priest
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Value Clair cd:
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March, Stonebnrnor & Gilliam
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south of Panorama lying
&Counties
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in Page & He ppahannock
within the Park roe, and
surrounding Mary * s bock, the high peak south of
Panorama•
incumbrances, counter claims or Ians t
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Hone mown
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Roods s
Hino ri es to Luray over
Soils
Sandy loan, with nu. orous rocky bluffs and
boulders around Mary * 3 Lock *
Dec Highway
History of tract and condition of timber:
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of this tract
The timber consio a of
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trees of Inferior quality and no conner
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portion
lias boon budTy ‘burned over
scrubby
cial value
Inpro vex rents s
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There is on this tract an old log cabin which has
been repaired and is now used by the Appalachian
Trail Club as a shelter
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Acreage
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and value of land by typos:
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Value
Acroage s
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733 “
Lld&e
70
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Total value of la 4 —
To cl value of Improvements *
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Total value of tracts
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Value
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V174
70.00
244,00
75,00
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and value of land by typest
Acreage:
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Total Value of land
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Improvements
Value
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Value
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SUMMARY
v 440.00
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75.00
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Total value of tract
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This tract is supposed to contain 250.5 A but by calculating the
area from the Survey description there was sold off to Adkins and
Harney a tract of 32 a which would leave 19G only
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It is furtiier adjudged arid ordered that the abovementioned report of arbitrators be filed with the record of
this proceeding: to /lit , a report bearing date February 21,
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. R. H. Alexander , H. W. uertram and
1934, and signed by J
Philip Jilliams ; and suppelemental report bearing date
. R. H. Alexander ,
February 27 , 1934, and signed by J
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Bertram and Philip hilliams; and amended report bearing date
March 1, 1934, and signed by j R. H. Alexander , H W. Bertram
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and Philip Williams
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of
the State of Virginia
Petitioner ,
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AT LAW NO. 149
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Clifton Aylor and others and Thirty Seven Thousand Four
Hundred (37,400) Acres of land , More or Less , - Defendants
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On the TS&h day of March , 1934, came the petitioner
in the above stjrled proceeding , and exhibited the record in
said proceeding, including the report of the
Commissioners therein, Table
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and
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oard of Appraisal
thereof, and the county
Ownership Map filed therewith ; and including also the several
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exceptions and objections to said report and motions to dis
approve and decline to accept the same filed with the record ,
and the several motions of petitioner praying the dismissal of
the said exceptions, objections and motions , under authority of
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Section 35 of the Public Park Condemnation Act , on the said ex
ceptions , objections and motions , the several answers thereto ,
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and the supporting affidavits filed with the record ; and in
cluding also the order of this Court , setting this proceeding
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for hearing on the 23rd day of February , 1934, and the affidavits
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filed in the record , showing the form and manner in which, in
compliance with the terms of the said order , copies thereof v/ere
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furnished to the several exceptants , objectors and movants men
tioned in the table hereinafter
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set
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out ,jand
to their counsel
of record ; and including also the orderjof this Court continuing
the said hearing , and setting this proceeding for hearing on
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uc
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this the fcSth day of March, 1934
Petitioner further exhibited to the court report of
the findings of arbitrators as to certain
matters submitted to
them under arbitration agreements hereinafter mentioned , which
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report petitioner moved the Court to order filed with the
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record
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And thereupon petitioner showed to the Court that
arbitration agreements had been entered into by and between
the petitioner and a number of the exceptants to the report
of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners herein; that under
authority and in pursuance of the said arbitration agreements,
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arbitrators were duly appointed , arbitration hearings were duly
had , and that the above mentioned arbitrators ’ report set forth
the findings of the said arbitrators acting under authority
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of the said arbitration agreements
Petitioner further showed to the Court that , inter
alia , questions as to the value of the fee simple estate in
the numbered tracts of land within the area described in the
petition herein, shown in the following table , and described
under their respective numbers in the said report of the Board
of Appraisal Commissioners herein, and as to incidental damages
mitted to the said arbitrators , in pursuance of the said agreewhich will arise upon the condemnation thereof , were duly sub
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ments , by the petitioner and some or all of the respective ex
ceptants , objectors and movants whose names are set out after
each of the said numbered tracts in the said table , which table
is as follows:
�Thereupon petitioner , by counsel moved the
court to
amend the findings as to value and damages set forth in Tables
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II and III of the said report of the Board of Appraisal Commis
sioners to conform with the findings of the said arbitrators;
and , thereafter , to overrule and dismiss the several motions
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comthereto ,
to disapprove the findings of the said Board of Appraisal
missioners and the several objections and exceptions
submitted by the several exceptants , objectors and movants
whose names are set out in the above table , on their several
exceptions , objections and motions, the
answers thereto , and
the supporting affidavits filed with the record , whether or
not they or any of them are not lav/fully bound by the findings
of the said arbitrators, by reason of their omission or failure
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in fact to execute and enter into the above mentioned arbitra
tion agreement , or by reason of any defect in form or of substance
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in the execution of said arbitration agreement , or by reason
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of any lade of power to execute the said arbitration agreement
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Upon consideration of all which it is adjudged and or
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dered that the findings as to value and incidental damages as
shown in Table II. and Table
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of the said report of the Board
of Appraisal Commissioners as to the numbered tracts set forth
in the above set out table should be and are amended in so far
as that may be necessary to make the said findings conform
with the findings set forth in the said report of findings by
the said arbitrators; end the said amendments having been
tions to disapprove the findings of the Board of Appraisal com-
made , it is further adjudged and ordered
that the several mo
missioners , and the several exceptions and objections thereto ,
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filed by the several exceptants , objectors and movants mention
ed in the above set out table should be and are overruled and
dismissed , on their several exceptions, objections and motions,
the answers thereto, and the supporting affidavits filed with
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TABLE II
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24, 54, 70 x ,
For amendments in amounts of value of tractssee
order entered
142 , 148, -151, 151 a , 152 , 164, 164 a , 173 ,
herein March <pf , 1934.
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142
148
151
151 a
152
164
164 a
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TABLE III
trators , except
No findings as to incidental damages by Arbi
damages to re
.as to Tract #151, as follows: incidental
movable furnishings 662.00.
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See order entered herein March
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the record, whether they did or did not, in fact , severally exe-
cute and enter into the above mentioned arbitration agreements
with the petitioner in such form and with such effect that
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they were and are lawfully bound by its terms and conditions
It is further adjudged and ordered that the above
mentioned amendments in the amounts of value and incidental
damages set forth in Tables II and
HI of the report of the
Board of Appraisal commissioners herein, be made to appear by
the Clerk of this Court, on the face of the said tables, accompanied with appropriate references to the date of entry of this
order , by inserting the amended amounts of value in Table
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of
said report in red ink by the side of the numbered tract to
which they relate, and by inserting with red ink in Table
of said report a note setting forth whether
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any findings
as to the amount of incidental damages was made by the said
arbitrators, and if the amount of any such incidental damages
was found by the said arbitrators, the amount thereof and the
numbered tract out of the condemnation of which such incidental
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damages were found to arise ; all in substantially the form and
manner and in the exact amounts as shown below:
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The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property.
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Willams Taylor Cheatham and Priest
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<p><strong>Tract: </strong>151 - A; </p><p><strong>Location: </strong>1/2 mile south of Panorama lying in Page/Rapp Counties; </p><p><strong>Cost/Acre: </strong>$2.49; </p><p><strong>Estimate Value: </strong>$319.00; </p><p><strong>Number of Acres: </strong>128.0; </p><p><strong>Monies Awarded: </strong>$315.85</p>
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RAPPAHANNOCK
COUNTY
CLAIMANT
OWNER
OF
NAME
- Williams, Taylor,
#151
50
Number of Acres :
Location :
Cheatham & Priest
,
On top of Blue Ridge at J'- hornton Gap
Roads:
Soil :
cleared and cultivated
Partially
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Recently improved and developed as a
until about 5 years ago
All merchantable timber
present
owners,
summer resort by the
was removed many years ago
History of Tract and condition of timber:
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The improvements at Panorama consist of the following:
TEA ROOM Located on top of the Blue Ridge mountain on the Lee
It has a lobby or tea room, 3 guest rooms, 3 rooms for
Highway
It is
help, a small dining room, a kitchen and small cellar
at
quarries
constructed of stone most of' which was hauled from
on
pointed
he masonry is faced and
the foot of the mountain
The building is well and substantially constructed
either side
H
with 18" walls, and presents a very attractive appearance
has a shingle roof and the interior finish is in rustic style
A wing wall with a pier extending from the hotel, with a similar
one extending from a stone building which serves as a storehouse
for oil, etc • y and a toilet, forms the gateway to the hotel and
cottages on the hill about one-fourth mile from the entrance
The building is roughly constructed, 39x53 * with an 18x34' addition
The founda
The wooden superstructure is mounted on a 10' wall
and some
Terracing
grounded
solidly
been
have
tion appears to
recently
done
has
been
nt
work
other improveme
( See other aide for more in
Acreage and value of types :
formation on impfments )
Improvements:
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Value
Acreage
Types
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per acre
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Total Value
Ridge :
Slope :
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Cove :
Grazing Land :
Lots #13.- 15
Fields Restocking :
Lawn
20
@
$5.00
$100.00
30
@
60.00
2
@
100.00
1800.00
SI900.00
200.00
$2100.00
Cultivated Land :
Orchard :
Minerals:
Value of Land : $ 2100 00
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13400.00
Value of Improvements : $ 13 * 400 * 00
Additional value placed on
this tract because of its
Value of Orchard : $
$15500.00
$1000.00
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$16500 00
special adaptability for the carrying on of
the business of a tourist resort and hotel now
being conducted there
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit : $
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Value of Timber : $
Value of Wood : $
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Value per acre for tract : $ *5 /
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $
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CLERK
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Forward from opposite page
IMPROVEMENTS: ( Continued )
TEA ROOM( Continued )
The storage building above referred to is of stone construction
14x30’ with an 18" wail, with wing wall forming the gateway, It
has a shingle roof
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tral part of the structure is. a building 20x30’, 1§ story, which
is 12 ’ to the eaves, with a large 4x8’ fireplace
This part of
It is flanked on
the building is used as a lobby and office
SUMMER HOTEL
14 rooms, 2 toilets
4 baths
frame
The cen
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either side by an L shaped addition. Each part of the L is
12 ’x36 ’, and the' porch extending across the front and either end
is 200 ft in length by 8 ft wide
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The front and ends are covered with bark,
with paper over sheathing which is tongue
The roof is paper
The building
inside
rooms are electrically lighted by current
transmission line
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and the rear covered
and grooved on the
rests on posts All
obtained from a nearby
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WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEM
The water used in summer is carried in pipes laid on
The supply for winter use at the Tea Room is
top of the ground
,
pipes
The owners of Panorama have leased
buried
in
carried
Ridge Land Corporation as there is
rights
from
Blue
water
the
insufficient water on their own land to supply their needs
Two heaters supply hot water to the buildings grouped around the
summer hotel, and 3 tanks of approximately 5000 gallons capacity
The water is piped from a spring
furnish a reserve water supply
on the adjoining Blue Ridge Land Corporation ’ s land
WATER
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1762 ft 1 - gal iron pipe
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2122 " 3/4" "
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1896 " 1/2" "
2 galvanized iron tanks
1 boiler tank
SEWAGE SYSTEM
Sewage disposal is by means of septic tanks of which there are
Two are of 600 gal and three are of 250 gal capacity
five
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KITCHEN & DINING ROOM AND PANTRY
This is also of rusticconstruction with bark on front and sides
The front and sides are covered with
and composition roof,
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An 8’ porch extends across the front
poplar bark
The build
It is 10 ’ to the eaves,
ing is 22x44’ with a 24x33 i annex
Attached to the kitchen is an 8x12 t frame pantry with composi
tion roof
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COTTAGE^FOR HELP( Waitresses ) 10x24'
- 2 room, frame, composition
roof
SERVANTS QUARTERS 10x48’, 4 rooms, frame, composition roof
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COTTAGES:
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24x36 ’ 4 rooms, bath and toilet; big stone chimney
Fairview:
1 fireplace, shingled all over
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Gahles: 24x36 ’ each way. 5 rooms, 2 baths and 2 toilets; stone
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- one fireplace, shingle roof and sides
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chimney
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8- -’ frame, shingle sides, composition shingle roof,
Oak Shade: 18-gxl|
Beaver board finish within
Shov/ er and
2 rooms, 8x12’ porch
Stone chimney and fireplace
toilet in individual rooms
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( Continued )
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#151 Williams, Taylor, Cheatham & Priest
IMPROVEMENTS( Continued )
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Pine Crest:
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10 x25’ with 10x17 ’ addition and a 6x6 ’ bath room
bath stone chimney and fireplace, Composition
and
Three rooms
shingle roof and sides Porch 4x17 ’
#2 Pine floor, #5 Pine
)
(
flooring
and roof
Siding
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- 7 rooms ( 2 in basement ) 2 bathrooms,
downstairs, 3 pc. upstairs - front and back and
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side porch, shingled on sides. Paper shingle roof. Beaver
boarded dovmstairs, plaster board upstairs. Stone chimney, one
fireplace.
Valley View: 32x40’
shower and 1? pc
’
(For Help ) Page County
Caretakers Cottages:
3 rooms- hoarded and stripped with T0xT4' L- paper
roof; 4x10 ’ and 8x8' porches, brick flue
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6 showers 2 commodes and lavatories
Bath house: 10x30 ’
composition roof and
equipped with heater and Delco plant
sides
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Garage:
19x48' frame
shed roof
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open front 12' boarded back
.
BT sadcTle room- 6x19', composition roof
6x8'
Chicken house
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Heater House: 7x8' 6” composition roof and sides
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Miniature Golf Course: 16 holes and fence
90 x 90’
Tennis Court:
Also partly constructed building, 16x28'
J . of
There is an orchard covering about 1- - A
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50 trees
On west side of Lee Highway( now abandoned ) 18x30’
Old Tea House:
shingle roof, 11x18' porch It is substantially built with strip
lap covered by tar paper, then covered with bark to secure a
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rustic effect
( Behind Tea Room ) 21x28' paper roof, frame,
Garage and shower:
palhted - boarded up and down, shed roof, shower 5 x9' with hot
and cold water
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Road: ( Connecting the Tea Room with Hotel )
Approximately 3/8 mile of road connects the Tea Room and the hotel
.
The improvements above described are in Rappahannock excepting
the following, which ere in Page:
1 ) Tea Room
2 ) Caretakers Cottage
3 ) 2 water tanks
4) 80$ of the pipe line ( total 973)
5 ) Golf Course ( Miniature )
6) Garage and shower ( At Tea Room )
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#151
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:iiliar is,Baylor,Chouthan & Priest ( con )
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The front and ends are covered vita bark,, and the rear cov
ered with paper over sheathing which is tongue and grooved
oil the i 2.side
The roof is paper
The building rests on
.
.All rooms
are
.
posts
electrically lighted by current obtained
$3500,
from a nearby transmission line
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L11L MU) SEWAGE SYSTEM
Water:_ The water used in summer is carried in pipes laid on top
olr rthe grourd. The supply for winter use at the Tea Room is
- pipes
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carried ir
The owners of Panorama have leased
water rights from the Blue Ride © Land Corporation as there is
insufficient water on their own land to supply their needs
Two heaters supply hot water to the buildings grouped around
the summer hotel, and 3 tanks of approximately 5000 gallons
capacity furnish a reserve water supply, The ater is piped
from a spring on the adjoining Blue Ridge Lard Corporation't s
land
The cost of the system is estimated as follows:
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£"
1762 ft, l
2132 w I5.ii
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1896
. iron pise
gal
" f
ti
II
R
ft
ii
it
$264,00
170,00
114 OC
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$548.00
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2 galvanised iron tanks @ $75 ( installed )
w
1 boiler tank
@ $50
Installation of pipe ( top of ground )
tT
of burled pipe line
(700 ft at 25 )
Freight and drayage on pip ©
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150.00
50,00
150.00
175.00
100.00
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$1173.00-
Sewage System:
$1173
Sewage disposal is by means of septic banks of which
there are five, Two are of 500 gal, and throe are of
250 gal capacity, The estimated cost of this equip
ment Installed is
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750.00
Kitchen & Dining Room & Pantry
This is also of rustic construction with bark on front and
sides and composition roof, The front and sides are covered
with poplar bark
An 8 * porch extends across the front
The building is 22’ x 44’ with a 24 * x 33 * annex, It is 10 »
to the eaves
Attached to the kitchen is an 8 » x 12 » frame
pantry with composition roof,
$2000.00
Cottage for help: ( V/aitresses ) 10’x24 ’ 2 room frame, com
position roof
150.00
; i0 » x48 » 4 rooms
Servants Quarters
composition
frame
roof, '
250.00
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#151
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Taylor-,
Cheatham
1 Priest
Road: (Connecting the Tee Room with Hot!
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approximately 3/8 ’• lie of road corrects the Tea Room and
the hotel It Is valued at
#200,
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Cleaning; up Premises Hauling rock, etc
350,00
The improvements above described are in Rn x>aha rock era opting the
following, which tire in Page:
1)
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12,000,00
Tea Room
Car © takerr Cottage
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300,00
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3)
2 tat or tanks
4)
80/ of the pipe line ( total 973)
773 00
5)
Golf Course ( ;iricture)
200.00
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Garage and shower (A t Tea toora)
175,00
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Tea Room
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Summer Hotel
Water & Sewage System
kitchen & Dining Room & Pantry
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2 Cottages (For servants)
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Bath House
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Golf Course (Miniature)
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Tennis Court
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Cleaning up premises,picking rocks, etc.
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#2~ £75.00
76 A
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500.00
200.00
205.00
335,00
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Acreage Claimed:
Assessed: 75 20/100 A
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Deed: 75 20/100
& 10 Lots
Value Claimed:
Assessed ; $2125.00
Deed:
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Location:
On top of Blue Ridge at Thornton Gap
Incumbrances, counter elites or Ians:
None so far rs
History of tract and condition of timber:
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vated until
!about five years ago. Recently improved
and developed as a summer resort by the present owners
All merchantable timber was removed many years ago
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Improvements:
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The improvements at Panorama consist of the following:
Tea Room: Located on top of the Blue Ridge Mountain on the
Lee Highway. It has a lobby or tea room, 3 guest
rooms, 3 rooms for help, a small dining room, a kitch
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It is constructed of stone most
of which was hauled from quarries at the foot of the
mountain
The masonry is faced and pointed on either
side
The building is well and substantially construct
ed with 18" walls, and presents a very attractive ap
pearance
It has a shingle i*oof and the Interior finish
is in rustic stylo
A wing wall with a pier extending from the hotel,
with a similar one extending from a stone building v/hich
serves as a store house for oil, etc * f and a toilet, forms
thegateway to the hotel and cottages on the hill about
one fearth mile from tho entrance
The building is roughly built,f 53 with an 18x34
adcli cion
The , - ooden superstructure 13 mounted on a
10* wall
The foundation appears to have been solid
ly grounded
It has been learned from what Is
considered good authority that the architect's fee was
based on a construc!
t - n cost of #10,000, and that some
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2000 were added by the owners,
which, by mutual consent, were not included in the
cost on which the fee was based, Terracin und some
other improvement work has been done recently
The value of the building with improvemen s is
estimated at
$12,000
The storage building above referred to is of
Stone construction 14x30 with an 18" wall, with wing
wall forming the gateway
It has a shingle roof,
and with vdng walls Is valued at
# 2,500,
Summer Hotel: 14 rooms 2 toilets 4 baths frame
The central part of the structure Is a building 20’ x 30*,
- story, which Is 12’ o the eves, with a large 4 * x8
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This part of the building is used as a
lobby and office
It is flanked on either side by
an L shaped addition Each part of the L is 12 * x
3G *, and the porch extending across the front and eith
er end is 200 ft in length by
8* wide
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PAUL TAYLOR , R L. CHEATHAM AND A M PRIEST
The joint and separate
answers
. A. Williams, Paul
of J
. L. Cheatham and A. M. Priest to a
Taylor, R
petition
exhibited against them and others in the Circuit Court of
Rappahannock; County, Virginia, by the
State Commission on
Conservation and Development, petitioner, and the objections
of the said
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A M Priest
. Williams, Paul
J. A
. L. Cheatham and
Taylor, R
to the said petition and the condemnation of land
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of the said respondents
These respondents
reserving to themselves the benefit
of all just exceptions to the said petition, for answer thereto,
or to so much thereof as they are advised that it is material
that they should answer, answer and say, and make their objection
to the said petition and the proceedings had thereon as follows:
That the postoffice addresses of respondents are as
follows:
. Williams, Luray, Virginia, R, L. cheathem, Luray,
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Virginia, Paul Taylor, Luray, Virginia,
A. M.Priest, 4419 P
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Street, Northwest, Washington, D C.
. . Williams, Paul
That the said J A
. L. Cheatham,
Taylor, R
. M. Priest are the fee simple owners of a certain tract
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of lana sought to be condemned by said petition, filed by the
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on Conservation and Development
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That the said land
is
situate in the counties of
Rappahannock and Page * .it
The description of said land
and the improvements thereon
is as follows:
The said
Two hundred ( 200 )
land
consists of 300 acres
acres , cmore or less , of
, more or
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less
said land is situate
on the south side of a highway known as the lee Highway , in
both of the said counties of Page and Rappahannook , in the
MaryTs
Blue Ridge Mountains , and designated and known as the "
Rock ” tract ; about one hundred (100 )
aores, more or
less ,
of said land is situate on the north side of the said Lee
Highway , and said tract is known and designated
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as the "Hotel "
Of the said tract of one hundred acres , more or less , about
35 acres are situate in Page County , and about 65 acres are
tract
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situate in Rappahannock County
improvements thereon
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named panorama
are
Said tracts of land with the
operated
as a summer resort
and is
111 of said land lies at or near the summit
of the Blue Ridge Mountains
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and is situate within the
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proposed boundaries of the proposed Shenandoah Rational Park
The following improvements are on the traot of land ,
designated as the
"Hotel " tract :
A building known as the
Tea House , situate in Page County , a building used as a
filling station with the
necessary equ
ipment for a filling
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a building of sixteen rooms used as/ hotel , eight
cottages varying in size from cottage containing two bed rooms ,
a living room and bath to cottages containing six bed rooms , a
station ,
living
room
and
two baths , a building known as a Dining Hall ,
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a building used as a kitchen , a garage and a bath house
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ha§ valued
of about £00 acres
both of the said tracts of land
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and about 100 acres, together with the improvements thereon,
at only sixteen thousand and five hundred
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dollars
($16,500.00 ) * the said sum of $16,500.00 being the entire
mount at which all of said.land consisting of about 300 acres,
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together with the said improvements, was valued
. . Williams, Paul
That these respondents, J A
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Taylor, B L
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Cheatham and A M Priest aver and allege th*t the fair value
of said land consisting of about 300
improvements
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acres, together
of the said
with the
sum of
sixteen thousand and five hundred dollars ($16,500.00) •
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That the said value of $16,500.00
placed upon the
said land by the said appraisal commission is a grossly
inadequate value and is so inadequate as
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conscience
to shock the
That it would be inequitable and unoonsionable
to deprive these respondents of their land at the
price
of
$16,500.00
WHEREFORE , these respondents pray that if their lands are
taken, that they may be allowed an adequate compensation
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therefor, that a jury may be impanelled
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quantum of damages, to which the said J A Williams, Paul
. . Cheatham and A. M. Priest are
Taylor, B 1
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entitled,
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one of the respondents named in the
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foregoing answer, being duly sworn, says that the matters and
things
therein contained are true to the best of his
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July, 1932
Commissioner in ( neery for the
Cirouit Court of Ptftfe County, Virginia,
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It is furtiier adjudged arid ordered that the abovementioned report of arbitrators be filed with the record of
this proceeding: to /lit , a report bearing date February 21,
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1934, and signed by J
Philip Jilliams ; and suppelemental report bearing date
. R. H. Alexander ,
February 27 , 1934, and signed by J
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Bertram and Philip hilliams; and amended report bearing date
March 1, 1934, and signed by j R. H. Alexander , H W. Bertram
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of
the State of Virginia
Petitioner ,
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Clifton Aylor and others and Thirty Seven Thousand Four
Hundred (37,400) Acres of land , More or Less , - Defendants
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On the TS&h day of March , 1934, came the petitioner
in the above stjrled proceeding , and exhibited the record in
said proceeding, including the report of the
Commissioners therein, Table
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oard of Appraisal
thereof, and the county
Ownership Map filed therewith ; and including also the several
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exceptions and objections to said report and motions to dis
approve and decline to accept the same filed with the record ,
and the several motions of petitioner praying the dismissal of
the said exceptions, objections and motions , under authority of
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Section 35 of the Public Park Condemnation Act , on the said ex
ceptions , objections and motions , the several answers thereto ,
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and the supporting affidavits filed with the record ; and in
cluding also the order of this Court , setting this proceeding
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for hearing on the 23rd day of February , 1934, and the affidavits
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filed in the record , showing the form and manner in which, in
compliance with the terms of the said order , copies thereof v/ere
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furnished to the several exceptants , objectors and movants men
tioned in the table hereinafter
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to their counsel
of record ; and including also the orderjof this Court continuing
the said hearing , and setting this proceeding for hearing on
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this the fcSth day of March, 1934
Petitioner further exhibited to the court report of
the findings of arbitrators as to certain
matters submitted to
them under arbitration agreements hereinafter mentioned , which
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report petitioner moved the Court to order filed with the
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record
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And thereupon petitioner showed to the Court that
arbitration agreements had been entered into by and between
the petitioner and a number of the exceptants to the report
of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners herein; that under
authority and in pursuance of the said arbitration agreements,
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arbitrators were duly appointed , arbitration hearings were duly
had , and that the above mentioned arbitrators ’ report set forth
the findings of the said arbitrators acting under authority
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of the said arbitration agreements
Petitioner further showed to the Court that , inter
alia , questions as to the value of the fee simple estate in
the numbered tracts of land within the area described in the
petition herein, shown in the following table , and described
under their respective numbers in the said report of the Board
of Appraisal Commissioners herein, and as to incidental damages
mitted to the said arbitrators , in pursuance of the said agreewhich will arise upon the condemnation thereof , were duly sub
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ments , by the petitioner and some or all of the respective ex
ceptants , objectors and movants whose names are set out after
each of the said numbered tracts in the said table , which table
is as follows:
�Thereupon petitioner , by counsel moved the
court to
amend the findings as to value and damages set forth in Tables
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II and III of the said report of the Board of Appraisal Commis
sioners to conform with the findings of the said arbitrators;
and , thereafter , to overrule and dismiss the several motions
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comthereto ,
to disapprove the findings of the said Board of Appraisal
missioners and the several objections and exceptions
submitted by the several exceptants , objectors and movants
whose names are set out in the above table , on their several
exceptions , objections and motions, the
answers thereto , and
the supporting affidavits filed with the record , whether or
not they or any of them are not lav/fully bound by the findings
of the said arbitrators, by reason of their omission or failure
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in fact to execute and enter into the above mentioned arbitra
tion agreement , or by reason of any defect in form or of substance
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in the execution of said arbitration agreement , or by reason
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of any lade of power to execute the said arbitration agreement
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Upon consideration of all which it is adjudged and or
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dered that the findings as to value and incidental damages as
shown in Table II. and Table
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of the said report of the Board
of Appraisal Commissioners as to the numbered tracts set forth
in the above set out table should be and are amended in so far
as that may be necessary to make the said findings conform
with the findings set forth in the said report of findings by
the said arbitrators; end the said amendments having been
tions to disapprove the findings of the Board of Appraisal com-
made , it is further adjudged and ordered
that the several mo
missioners , and the several exceptions and objections thereto ,
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filed by the several exceptants , objectors and movants mention
ed in the above set out table should be and are overruled and
dismissed , on their several exceptions, objections and motions,
the answers thereto, and the supporting affidavits filed with
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For amendments in amounts of value of tractssee
order entered
142 , 148, -151, 151 a , 152 , 164, 164 a , 173 ,
herein March <pf , 1934.
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148
151
151 a
152
164
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No findings as to incidental damages by Arbi
damages to re
.as to Tract #151, as follows: incidental
movable furnishings 662.00.
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the record, whether they did or did not, in fact , severally exe-
cute and enter into the above mentioned arbitration agreements
with the petitioner in such form and with such effect that
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they were and are lawfully bound by its terms and conditions
It is further adjudged and ordered that the above
mentioned amendments in the amounts of value and incidental
damages set forth in Tables II and
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Board of Appraisal commissioners herein, be made to appear by
the Clerk of this Court, on the face of the said tables, accompanied with appropriate references to the date of entry of this
order , by inserting the amended amounts of value in Table
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of
said report in red ink by the side of the numbered tract to
which they relate, and by inserting with red ink in Table
of said report a note setting forth whether
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any findings
as to the amount of incidental damages was made by the said
arbitrators, and if the amount of any such incidental damages
was found by the said arbitrators, the amount thereof and the
numbered tract out of the condemnation of which such incidental
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damages were found to arise ; all in substantially the form and
manner and in the exact amounts as shown below:
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The improvements at Panorama consist of the following
IMPROVEMENTSt
TEA ROOM
Located on top of the Blue Rid&e fountain on the Lee Highway * It has
a lobby or tea room, 3 guest rooms, 3 rooms for help, a small dining
It is constructed of stone most
room, a kitch n and small cellar
The
of which was lauled from quarries at the foot of the mountain*
masonry is faced and pointed on either side, The building is well
and substantially constructed with 18” walls, and presents a very
It has a shingle roof and the interior finish
attractive appearance
is in rustic style
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A wing wall with a pier extendingf rom the hotel, with a similar one
extending from a stone building which serves as a storehouse for 11,
etc • 9 and a toilet, forms the gateway to the hotel and cottages on
the hill about one fourth mile from the entrance
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The building is roughly built, 39x53’ with an 18x34* addition
The wooden superstructure is mounted on a 10 » wall, The foundation
appears to have been solidly grounded , Terracing and some other im
provement work has been done recently
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The storage building above referred to is of stone construction 14x30*
It has a
with an 18” wall, with wing wall forming the gatev/ay
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shingle roof
SUMMER HOTEL
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structure is a building 20x30*, Ij- story, which Is 12’ to the eaves,
with a large 4x8* fireplace, This part of the building is used as
It is flanked on either side by an L shaped
a lobby and office,
Each part of the L 12 12 *x36 *, and the porch extending
addition
across the front and either end is 200 ft In length by 0 ft wide
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The front and ends are covered with hark, and the rear covered with
paper over sheathing which is tongue and grooved on the inside. The
All rooms are elee
roof Is paper. The building rests on posts,
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ATl'R AND SB.AGE SYSTEM
The water used in summer is carried in pipes laid on top of
WATER
the ground, The supply for winter use at the Tea Room is carried in
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The owners of Panorama have leased water rights from the
burled pipes
Blue Ridge Land Corporation as there is insufficient water on their
Two heaters supply hot water to the
own land to supply their needs
buildings grouped around the summer hotel, and 3 tanks of approximate
ly 5000 gallons capacity furnish a reserve va.ter supply, The ’water
is piped from a sprin, on the adjoining Blue Ridge Land Corporation’s
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2 galvanized iron tanks
1 boiler tank
SF AGE SYSTEM
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Sewage disposal is by means of septic tanks of which there ere five
and three are of 250 gal capacity
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Two are of 600 gal
KITCT IT & DIKING ROOM & PENTRY
This is also of rustic construction with bark on front and sides and
composition roof. The front and sides are covered with poplar bark
The building is 22x44 * with
An 8* arch extends across the front
It is 10 * to the eaves
a 24x33 * annex
Attached to the kitchen is
an 8x12 * frame pantry with composition roof,
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X COTTJ hi. FOR HEAP ( Waitresses ) 10x24 *
SERVANTS QUARTERS 10x48 *
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- 2 room, frame, composition roof.
- 4 rooms - frame, composition roof.
COTTAGES
Fairvlew ; 24x36 *
- 4 room., bath and toilet. Big stone
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chimney
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5 rooms, 2 baths and 2 toilets; stone chimney
Gables: 24x36 * each way
Fireplace
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Beaver
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Stone chimney and fireplace
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Pine Crest: 10§ x 25 * with 10x17 * addition and a 6x6 * bath room
three roo s and bath stone chimney and fireplace, composition
Porch 4x17 *
shingle roof and sides
#2 Pine floor,#3 Pine siding
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7 rooms (2 in basement ) 2 bathrooms, shower
and 2 pc downstairs, 3 pc upstairs, front and back and side porch,
Paper shingle roof
shingled on sides,
Beaver boarded downstairs,
plaster board upstairs
Stone chimney, one fireplace
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Caretakers Cottage: (For help ) Page Co
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4x10 * and 8x8 * porches, brick flue
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6 showers
2 commodes and lavatories
Bath House : 10x30 *
composition roof and sides
witFTieaFei “and Delco plant
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Garage:
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Heater House: 7x8*6 M composition roof and sides
Miniature Golf Course:
Tennis Court:
18 hole and fence
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covering about !§ A. of
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Old Tea House: On west side of Lee Highway ( now abandoned ) 18x30 *
shin Te roof, 11x13 * porch * It is substantially bui t with strip lap
covered by tar paoer, then covered with bark to secure a riistitf effect
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Garage and shower: ( Behind Tea Room) 21x28 * paper roof, frame,painted,
up and down, 3hed roof, shower 5§x9 * with hot and cold water
Boarded
( Connecting the Tea Room with Hotel )
Approximately 3/8 mile of road connects the Tea Room and the hotel
Road:
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The improvements above described are in Rappahannock excepting the
following which are in Page:
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Tea Room
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Caretakers Cottage
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2 Water Tanks
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80£ of the pipe line (total 973)
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Golf Course (Miniature)
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Garage and Shower ( At Tea Room )
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24’x36’ 4 room bath and. toilet. Big
stone chimney 1 fir place; shingled over all. $1150.00
24 x3G ’ each way 5 r oms, 2 baths and
Gables:
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Oak Shade. 18jj* x 10p’ frame
posilion shingle roof, 2 rooms, 8’xl2’ porch Beaver
Board finish Ithin Shower arid toilet in Individual
500.00
rooms Stone chimney end fireplace
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Isath room 3 rooms and loath stone chimney and fire
Porch
place. Composition shingle roof and sides
4x17 * #2 flno floor,#3 Pine siding {flooring) and
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roof
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750.00
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Viewi 32x40’ 7 rooms (2 in basement) 2 bathrooms,
shower and 2 po,downstairs, 3 pc upstairs, front
Paper
and back and side porch, shingled on sides,
Beaver boarded downstairs, plaster
shingle roof,
$1700.00
boar d upstairs Stone chimney, one fireplace
Valley
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Caretakers Cottage; (For help) Page Co
1“£’x2i3’ o rooms boaided and stripped with 10x14 L
300.00
paper roof; 4x10* und 0x8’ porches, brick flue
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oqulppe<T with heater and De&co plant composition
Bach House;
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open front 12’ Boarded
tune shed roof
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x 91 composition roof
150.00
eJc 8’, saddle room~6!
Heater House ; 7x8*6'' composition roof and sides
Miniature Golf Course
Tennis Court:
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18 hole and fence
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100.00
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is priced with the lard
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On west side of Lee Highway (nor abandoned)
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It is valued 6? $200,00
with baric to secure a rustic effect
Old Tea’ House;
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frame, painted, boarded up and down, shed roof, shower
175.00
5$ x 9 with hot and cold water
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Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Description
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The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property.
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Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
Date
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Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934
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Willams Taylor Cheatham and Priest
Description
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<p><strong>Tract: </strong>151; </p><p><strong>Location: </strong>On top of Blue Ridge at Thorntotn Gap; </p><p><strong>Cost/Acre: </strong>$310.00; </p><p><strong>Estimate Value: </strong>$16,500.00; </p><p><strong>Number of Acres: </strong>50.0; </p><p><strong>Monies Awarded: </strong>$20,685.00</p>
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Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
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<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a>
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PDF
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Tract 151
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willams-taylor-cheatham-and-priest-tract-151
Heatham
Priest
Taylor
Willams