Buchanan-Blakemore House

James Augustus Buchanan commissioned this home, which was completed in 1875. The bricks used in its construction were fired in kilns on the property. The exterior walls are three bricks deep, and the interior staircase and banister are solid walnut. After the death of James Augustus Buchanan, the house passed to his daughter, Mary Walker Buchanan Blakemore. Upon her death, it passed to her only son, John Augustus Blakemore. Upon his death, it passed to his daughter, Martha Buchanan Blakemore McCrary. In 2006, the house was conveyed to Emory & Henry College.

Emory, Virginia · United States