![]() ![]() A nature trail, medicinal herb garden, outbuildings, and wayside markers are located on the grounds. The property remained in the Harwood/Curtis family until 1985.Īn exhibit along with a guided house tour provide information on the home’s history, 400 years of family ties to the land, and Dr. At the conclusion of the Civil War, the Curtis family returned and Dr. ![]() ![]() Reports also show that the room, that was used as a nursery has curtains that open after they have been closed for the night. This woman is known as the woman in white. NEWPORT NEWS IN REVIEW APRIL 2011- Its a rare site in the city, a stretch of rolling farmland, and on it a two story frame house that was built in 1789 by W. During the Peninsula Campaign, Confederate generals Lafayette McLaws and Robert Toombs headquartered on the property, at which time the Curtis family relocated to a different part of Virginia. Reports have said that a woman has been seen crossing the road from the cemetery towards the house during re-enactments that are held at the Plantation. In 1861, he organized a volunteer Confederate militia company known as the Warwick Beauregards to provide local defense in the early months of the Civil War. Humphrey Harwood Curtis, a physician and a great-grandson of William Harwood, acquired the property in 1858. The Georgian-style house was located in close proximity to the route taken by the Continental Army and Virginia militia on their advance to the 1781 battle that ended the Revolutionary War. 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. 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. Constructed in 1769 for the Harwood family, Historic Endview is one of the last remaining colonial buildings in Newport News. Endview Plantation was featured on Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy in the episode 'America After Dark'. ![]()
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