Shenandoah National ParkAlbemarle County

B.T. Spitzer farm, Tract 21, Albemarle County

Et al.

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The 1920s survey

A 9-room frame house, 35 by 38 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 16 by 33 feet; an orchard (14 apple and 12 cherry trees); timber (saw timber, locust posts). 600 acres, valued at $895.

Map of the tract

Today

House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.

Case files

Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).

Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.