

The group could not declare the house haunted however, they did gather evidence of possible paranormal activity, such as EVP's of several strange noises and ghost voices on their digital recorders. Hampton Roads Iceplex offers ice skating - from the beginner skater who has never stepped foot on the ice to the next Olympic champion. Self-proclaimed "redneck" comedian Larry the Cable Guy visited the plantation with Southeast Virginia Paranormal Investigations, a local paranormal team and joined them in investigating the house. Media Įndview Plantation was featured on Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy in the episode "America After Dark". As of Summer 2010, operating hours have been cut back so that the site is closed to the public Tuesday and Wednesday, with additional closings in the Winter. The property has been used for once-a-year Civil War Reenactments, and has recently restarted reenactments of the Siege of Yorktown on a bi-annual basis.

This is Read More »Spring Fling 2013 in Southeastern, VA. Included here are lots of ideas for the cities of Smithfield, Hampton, Newport News and Bacons Castle in Surry. Create an itinerary including Endview Plantation. Living Historians are only present at special events. By Mary Gallagher Using our favorite Virginia Beach hotel the Founders Inn and Spa as our home base we have a lot of activities to pick from this spring in the Hampton Roads area. Take a tour of the Endview Plantation, United States to visit historic site in Newport. It is primarily a House Museum, with visitors touring the four interior rooms, which portray a collection of medical supplies, a standard parlor, Union soldier gear, and a bedroom. The site is now officially known as "The Civil War at Endview: A Living History Museum". The post Civil War addition to the house was torn down, and the lost chimney rebuild so as to make the building reach its 1860 appearance. Įndview was acquired by the City of Newport News in 1995. Endview was briefly used as a field hospital by the Confederacy during the 1862 Battle of Dam Number One (part of the Peninsula Campaign). The Newport News Economic Development Authority (EDA) and WeldenField and Rowe hosted a virtual presentation on the concept plan for the development of the EDA’s Endview tract, located at 350. Humphrey Harwood Curtis, Jr., one of two doctors in Warwick County, Virginia. Military use again came during the American Civil War, when the building was occupied by Dr. General Thomas Nelson, Jr.'s Virginia Militia used it as a resting place on September 28, 1781, en route to Yorktown shortly before the surrender of the British troops under Lord Cornwallis. The house and grounds were used by military forces during the Revolutionary War. Earlier known as the Harwood Plantation, the house was built in 1769 by William Harwood along the Great Warwick Road, which linked the colonial capital of Williamsburg with the town of Hampton on the harbor of Hampton Roads.
