Timeline of Poplar Grove Farm
Quakers
- Springhouse built
Robert “King” Carter
- assess if this part of the story is true
- https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/carter-robert-ca-1664-1732/
1800s – Jesse Curtis
1820 – Sarah Curtis French & James French
Stone house built?
1870 – John Isemonger French & Louisa Lula May Shelkett French
Began work on new house, burned while under construction
1890 – Sallie Virginia French & Lee Brockenborough Fitzhugh
New House burned
- Mr Jack’s shack built
- Barn built
- Smokehouse built
- Wood frame house built
Improvements made to the frame house
- Closet with drawers in Aunt La’s room added
- Brick fireplace and shelving added
- Basement entrance thing added
- Piano restored
- Shower added
- Electricity added
- Telephone added
- Furnace and vents added
- Plastic work room added
1986 – Sally Lou Fitzhugh
Improvements made to the frame house
- Tool auction
- Outbuildings painted
- Fences removed
- 2012? – Elevator added
- Dollhouse and house siding
- Gutters added
- Doorway between dining and parlor rooms widened
- Support beams added to basement
- Wallpaper
2023 – Wilburn Davis Moore, Jr. / Jennifer Lee Moore Smith
- Extensive updating
- Wallpaper
- House cleaned up
- Engineering assessment
- Central air/heat
- Insulation
- All new electrical
- All new plumbing
Inside the Farmhouse
Discover some of the family artifacts inside the Farmhouse at Poplar Grove Farm
