Aug042010
Published by Sue Hertzler at 8:11 AM under Historic | Urbanna
The Old Tobacco Warehouse was built in 1766 and is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the United States associated with the transportation and sale of tobacco. Sailing vessels from England were manned by British crews and owned by English and Scottish merchants who came seeking tobacco in exchange for goods and supplies. James Mills, a scottish merchant, purchased the and between 173and 1867 and built a public warehouse. The warehouse sits on a gentle hillside overlooking the old tobacco rolling road to Urbanna Creek.
Virginians raised tobacco to trade for manufactured goods from the mother country, England; first using the barter system. The Barrels - hog heads when filled would be approximately 500 pounds.
The warehouse served as a private residence for a time; and also was the Middlesex County Library until 1991 when the new library was built. The Town of Urbanna took control of the Old Tobacco Warehouse in the mid-1990's and restored it back to its original condition and made it into the Urbanna Visitor's Center lending support to historic preservation showing its importance as a 17th century Colonial building connected with tobacco and water transportation in the develpment of our nation. Behind the structure, the Historical Gardens Preservation group has started an English Kitchen Garden or otherwise known as an herb garden.
We would love to have you come and spend a few days with us at the Dragon Run Inn and explore historic Urbanna, www.urbanna.com.
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Response by Marry on 12/2/2010 9:55:03 AM
I like the blog post and find many interesting things on it, I like the post.
Hello, I'm Sue, the innkeeper of the Dragon Run Inn in rural Middlesex County, Virginia. We have a 1913 country farmhouse and enjoy having guests. Ivan likes to garden and work with the Koi pond while I like all types of needlework, crafts, cooking and cake decorating. Both of us are actively involved in the No Strings Attached Puppet Team.
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