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By CINDY CONTEA prominent plantation house of the 18th century, Ingleside, has recently been placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register, has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places j aid has been designated as a Bicentennial Farm by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation for preserving family ownership of a farm for 200 years or raore^. Located near the west end of Montgomery County, the Ingleside home is compkroented by thick foliage, Bowers and-American boxwoods and an abundance of history.,Wiinlts quaint chanbers, the 180 yea1 old homestead has boused eight generations of Ingles.As it has harbored heroes and heroines of the Ingle’s ancestry, -it has gone through many changes.The land was purchased by William Ingles from Col. James Patton, October 1,' 1747.William Ingles and Ms wife, Mary Draper Ingles had nine children, their youngest son, Col. John Ingles built the home for his mother.Mary Draper Ingleshad been captured by the Shawnees during the massacre of 1775. She escaped and journeyed through 800 miles of wilderness to return home., Although a very strong woman, after being in Indian captivity, she longed to live in a home well protected. After the house was built forher in 1800, Mary still preferred to spend the nights in her cabin kdrrounded by a stockade down near the river..The original structure was four rooms with walls of logs and a stone foundation. It consisted of the dining room, a parlor downstairs, and two bedrooms upstairs.. The dining room has a double door with the inside having horizontal boards and the outside having the Christian style door with a cross and open BiWe design. The douhle thickness prevented Indian arrows from penetrating it.Dr. Joto Ingles, son of Col. John Ingles added an east wing to the house. He built an open stairway into a new living room, which was once the master bedroom.• * Throughout Ingleside,.one can see hand hewn beams, wooden pegs, and solid oak floors.- Dutfng the war between the states, the bouse was used as a headquarters for Union soldiers about the time of the Battle of Goyd’s Mountain,. Although the solifiers did not destroy the house »dfundshings, they took every bit of liveidock on the plantation.McOanfiian Ingles, son of James Lewis, proprietor of the jtaitatkm after the war ended, Aanged the rear section of the home where the kitchen Is. . .: Presently, the fourteen room house, surrounded by 200 acres, isqrmed by Mr. and Mrs. Md Jeffides.Mrs. Mary LewisJeffries, daughter of James Lewis grew up at Ingleside. She became the owner after the.warSince then they have added insulation, oil heat, and storm windows.Their son, Lewis Ingles Jeffries, an officer in the U:S. Army, •stationed in Turkey, has two children Mary Jennifer and John Travis. *From the porch which almost completely surrounds the house, one can hear the distant voices of the historical production “The - Long Way Home, which is about the Ingles’ancestors.Mrs. Jeffries portrays her great great great great grandmother Eleanor Ingles, Mary Draper Ingles’mother-in-law in the drama. • , _.InglesideThe morning sun filters through the thick foliage at Ingleside, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Jeffries located near the west edge of Montgomery County.T^e old homestead has sheltered 8 generations of Ingle families,
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Radford Times Journal
Radford, Virginia, US
Sun, Aug 08, 1976
Page 21
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