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. 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. Living Historians are only present at special events. 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 at issue includes the historic Endview Plantation home, outbuildings, a slave cemetery, the Harwood cemetery, fields and woods, according to an. 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). 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. Built in 1769 by William Harwood, the Georgian-style house known as Endview Plantation has witnessed momentous events in American history. The house and grounds were used by military forces during the Revolutionary War. Support for the Museum of the American Revolution’s participation in Revolutionary Summer is generously provided by William and Candace Raveis.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. Revolutionary Summer at New-York Historical Society A slave who could gather fish for the plantation owners working. Newport, Rhode Island June 2019 to September 2019 These people, brought to North America as slaves, did not fit into the white publishing. Newport Historical Society's "The French in 1780 Newport” Mount Vernon, Virginia September 11-12, 2021 What did you discover about the slave experience at these plantations C: Learning about a slave’s life on the plantations was always the most sobering part of the journey. Newport Historical Society's The French in 1780 Newport As disease and fighting took their toll, the Confederates used Endview briefly as a hospital. Newport News Virginia,Endview Plantation,exhibit exhibition collection. The 1860 census shows that Curtis owned 8,000 worth of real estate, 21,000 worth of personal property and 12 slaves. RM D98E2APlantation slaves gathered outdside their huts, Virginia, America.
West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Baltimore Ave.) July 13-14, 2022 The young doctor established his medical practice at the plantation in 1856 and married Maria Whitaker in 1858. Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Germantown Ave.)Ĭlark Park with the Museum's Living History Youth Summer Institute To request more information, please contact tuned for more upcoming First Oval Office Project programs! Upcoming Events October 1, 2022Ĭliveden for the Revolutionary Germantown Festival Endview Plantation has a history and architecture section, but archaeology is not mentioned as.
Since 2013, The First Oval Office Project at the Museum of the American Revolution travels to participate in special events and outreach on an annual basis. Comparative Slavery (is based in Virginia.
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