Jos. T. Samuels

Description: "Sunnyside" is 59+ acres of fertile pasture located within walking distance of James Madison's "Montpelier" in the Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District of Orange County 90 minutes south of our Nation's Capitol. The farm has exceptional views of the Blue Ridge mountains with private building sites among some of the area's most historic estates. There are springs and streams a-plenty with wonderful pond sites, a spring trap that captures water for a watering tank/reservoir and there is also a drilled well of reported good flow. The site has town water available also. The land has been surveyed into parcels of 18, 20 and 21+ acres which may be further divided though the farm is being sold as a whole. This is an excellent candidate for a conservation easement. The dwelling is a one-and-half-story log home approximately 16'X20' over a low stone root cellar. It dates to the late 18th century and was apparently built as an overseer's house for John Baylor who received his land grant in 1726. The dwelling is featured in "Antebellum Orange" published by the Orange County Historical Society. There is also a 30'X50' metal building used as a stable and equipment storage. There is a wonderful early 20th century salt-glazed tile silo as well.