The
Andrew Johnston House was built in 1829 and is now open to
visitors as a historic house museum. A lovely, well-preserved
Federal-style home with with fine details and proportions is
an outstanding example of the period.
The
house is constructed of brick made on the property. The walls
are twenty-two inches thick at the base and the log floor joists
are twelve inches in diameter.
Handsome
mantels surround the fireplaces. High ceilings, sunny rooms,
a center hall and staircase, wide pine floors, ornate architraves
and hand-painted stencil borders in the parlor and an upper
bedroom denote the elegance of Andrew Johnston's "country home
estate."
In
1993, the Andrew Johnston House was added to the Virginia Landmarks
Register and the National Register of Historic Places.