[Description of "The Murphy Home", built about 1786, Isle of Wight, VA]
[Research by Florence M. Jordan, 2 April 1937, WPA, VCC]

1. Subject: The Murphy Home
2. Location: 1/4 mile southwest of Isle of Wight on Route #158, thence
1/2 mile west on Route #637, thence 1/4 mile north of highway.
3. Date or Period: About 1786
4. Owners:
	J.J. Murphy	   --1891.
	W.T. Murphy	1891-1920
	Willie Murphy	1926-1937
	
5. Description:
See form #3686 attached

6. Historical Significance:
This house was moved here from back of the place near a swamp.
Mrs. Murphy said that Captain John Murphy in the year 1857, skated from
Norfolk to Smithfield on the creek which was frozen over.  He was the
captain of a boat and as he came home every night, this was the only 
way he could come.  This information is found in the Murphy Family 
Bible.

7. Art:  Photograph

8. Sources of Information:
Informant: Mrs. W.T. Murphy, Windsor, Virginia, R.F.D. #2

3686
Name: The Murphy Home
Exterior
Rectangular building plan.  No Cellar
1 1/2 stories, frame, gambrel roof, shingles.
2 brick chimneys, 1 on each side
Weatherboarding unpainted.  Sawed by whipsaw and beaded
Plain cornices of wood
Windows: 11, 1 pane 12"x28; 15 panes 8"x10"; 4 panes 8"x10"
no shutters, three dormers
One story porch approximately 5' x 16'
Plain plank door entrance unpainted
Square columns
Interior
4 large rooms, 1 small, ceiling approx. 7' up, 9' down
Stairway: open string, square newel and balusters, heart pine, turned
rail
No cellar
Doors: wide, hand made, also four panel.
Walls: Plastered, with chair rail, ceiling panelled, rafters showing 
in one room.
No interior cornices
Hardware: Iron HL hinges and common hinges.  Iron outside locks, some
wooden locks.
Wide pine flooring.  High pine mantels, painted.
Dining room and kitchen built in 1919 on back.  Two rooms added on side
100 years ago.  One window cut in old part.
Present condition fair and not spoiled by remodeling.
Occupant seems to appreciate old architechural features.	
		Florence Jordan.