Shenandoah National ParkWarren County

New York Life Insurance Co. tract, Tract 14, Warren County

Did you know?Eminent Domain Used for Land

The 1920s survey

The survey recorded only the owner's name.

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).

From the case file

A stone-pillared park entrance station spanning a paved road, with an older frame house with a metal roof and stone chimney standing beside the road under bare trees.
A stone-pillared park entrance station spanning a paved road, with an older frame house with a metal roof and stone chimney standing beside the road under bare trees. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file NewYorkLifeInsuranceCompany_Warren14.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 6.
A weatherboarded house with a stone chimney and a long, vine-covered front porch where two people stand, framed by bare trees.
A weatherboarded house with a stone chimney and a long, vine-covered front porch where two people stand, framed by bare trees. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file NewYorkLifeInsuranceCompany_Warren14.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 7.
A long, low house with a metal roof, a stone chimney and a full-length front porch, overgrown with brush and bare trees.
A long, low house with a metal roof, a stone chimney and a full-length front porch, overgrown with brush and bare trees. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file NewYorkLifeInsuranceCompany_Warren14.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 8.

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