[Description of "Murfee Home", built 1800, Greensville, VA] [Research by Gladys H. Boone, 22 June 1937, WPA, VCC] 1. Subject: Murfee Home. Always known as such. 2. Location: From Emporia, Virginia, 1 mile south on Route #301; thence 11 miles Southeast on Route #32; thence 1/4 mile North on private road. 3. Date Built: 1800 4. Owners: Builder and First owner, John Murfee. Second and Present owner, Mrs. A.M. Murfee 5. Description: This is a small frame house setting about one quarter of a mile off the main road in a grove of trees. A lane, with cedar trees on each side, leads up to the entrance gate. From the gate to the house is a walk enclosed by large boxwood trees said to be one hundred years old. The house has never been painted. There is a small front porch supported by four small posts. The floor of the porch is of pine boards about seven inches wide, and the steps appear to be oak. The entrance door leads into the living room. There are five rooms. The upstairs is not used. There is a back stairway in one of the back rooms. These rooms all have pine board floors about six inches wide. Two wide high boards make the wainscoting which is about three feet high with chair-rail at the top. The walls are the original plastered ones- some have been papered. The mantels are simply carved and very pretty; they are seven feet high, one being six-panelled; the other one eight-panelled. Both are painted mahogany. The entrance door is a new door with glass at top, while the others are original doors and are six-panelled. In the front corner of the yard is a one room building which, it is said, was called the "office", it being where the men met. 6. Historical significance: None. 7. Art: photograph 8. Sources of Information: Informant: Mrs. A.M. Murfee, Present owner. R.F.D. Emporia, Virginia. Murfee Home Square building plan, no cellar. 2 story frame, gambrel roof, shingled 3 brick chimneys, both sides Pine weatherboarding six inches beaded, plain wood cornices 5 windows, replace with 4 panes no shutters, no dormers, porch small one-story, single entrance door. Four small posts support the porch Interior 5 rooms, 3 large, 2 small, approx. ceiling ht. 10' stairway not used, no cellar Doors: 6-panelled, pine doors, about 40 inches wide. Plastered walls, no interior cornices Hardware: common outside locks and hinges Floors: pine board, 6 inches wide Mantels: 7 feet high, painted mahogany Misc: wooden pegs and pins used in construction Present condition: fair, not spoiled by remodeling Occupant does seem to appreciate old architechural features. Gladys H. Boone. 6. Historical Significance: 7. Art: 8. Sources of Information: