Our 2nd Quarterly Meeting will be held at the Armour House & Gardens at Meadowview. It takes place at 2:00PM on Sunday, June 1st.
The Armour House was built between 1915 and 1918 in the Victorian style and is rich in Henrico family history. The most recent owner of this home was Alex Armour, who acquired the property in 1944. Henrico County purchased the Armour House in 1999.
In the early 19th century, Chief Justice John Marshall had a country house nearby known as Chickahominy Farm and spent weekends there relaxing and farming the land. Meadowview is also historically significant as the site of rifle pits near the Chickahominy Bluffs, from which General Robert E. Lee viewed the beginnings of the Seven Days Battle. In addition, achaeologists have identified the Meadowview Park area as the site of Native American hunting grounds dating to 10,000 B.C. and have also found indications of a settlement around 400 A.D.
As a special highlight, we have the very good fortune to have Mary Stuart Cruickshank coming to speak. Ms. Cruickshank lived at the Armour House with her family from birth to age 6 but continued visiting the home as she got older to swim in the spring-fed swimming hole. Ms. Cruickshank will be able to give us a unique and personal perspective on this fine old home.
Pack a sandwich or picnic lunch, and we'll provide the drinks and dessert at the picnic shelter. Please RSVP to Linda Dickerson (364-3492 or ldickerson@oag.state-va.us) as soon as possible so we will have sufficient dessert and drinks and so that we can let our tour guide make arrangements for our tour.
Directions: From I-295 take Creighton Road South. From I-64 take Creighton Road North. Turn onto Cedar Fork Road and go past Bogart Road on the right. Proceed on Cedar Fork Road and turn right onto Clarendon Road. The park is behind the Arthur Ashe Elementary School.
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