King/Lancaster/McCoy/Mitchell House

This house was built as the grand seat of Rev. James King's vast plantation, first known as Sapling Grove and later Mountain View. Two rooms of the original house built in 1816-17 remain in the present structure. The King family lived here from 1817-53. Andrew Jackson frequented the house and was escorted to Washington for his inauguration by William King. The Sapling Grove post office operated here from 1839-53. The house was a stopping point for stagecoaches from 1839-56. Mountain View High School, later Sullins College, began here in 1869. Changes to the house were made by John J. Lancaster in 1881, H.E. McCoy in 1892, and Joseph D. Mitchell in 1903. Margaret Mitchell was born here in 1901 and lived here for 99 of her 102 years.

Bristol, Virginia · United States