DEATH OF A MANSION
"It is always sad when a place like this is bought by investors and left to rot - happens too often."
-Kristen Kirchen
(Iron Dog Preservation, LLC)
Interior: Former Beauty and Tragic Decay
Thanks to generous photo contributions from former owners Nelson and Marsha Bolt, professional photographer Ryan Murtagh and photographer Heather Beach, we have the rare privilege of seeing the mansion's former beauty and its heartbreaking decay side-by-side.
Ryan and Heather did their best to recreate the Bolt family photo by photographing the same wall in the same room of the mansion.
All photographs are protected by personal copyrights. All Bolt family photos are watermarked.
Take a video tour of the mansion created by DMF board member and drone pilot Clint Mooney.
Exterior: Before and After
Photo Contributors: The Dunnington Family, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Heather Beach and Bryan Sansivero
All photographs are protected by copyrights and/or DHR rules and regulations.
Photograph courtesy of the Dunnington Family
Photograph courtesy of Heather Beach
Photograph courtesy of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Circa 1990s
Photograph courtesy of Bryan Sansivero
Photograph courtesy of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Circa 1990s
Photograph courtesy of Bryan Sansivero: 2020
Photograph courtesy of Nelson and Marsha Bolt
Photograph courtesy of Bryan Sansivero 2020
Photo courtesy of the Dunnington Family: Circa 1920s
Photograph courtesy of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources: 2009
Photograph courtesy of Nelson and Marsha Bolt
Photograph courtesy of Bryan Sansivero 2020
Photograph courtesy of Nelson and Marsha Bolt
Photograph courtesy of Heather Beach
Photograph courtesy of Nelson and Marsha Bolt
Photograph courtesy of Heather Beach
Additional Images from the Contributing Photographers
Enjoy a tour of the house through the lenses of our contributing photographers Ryan Murtagh, Heather Beach and Bryan Sansivero. A culmination of six trips by the three different photographers, these galleries capture the underlying beauty and tragic decay with differing styles and artistic interpretation.
The current property owners keep a close eye on the manor and trespassing is not tolerated. Special permission to enter the property was granted for the purpose of historical research and documentation.All photographs are protected by personal copyrights.
Ryan Murtagh
Photos courtesy of Ryan Murtagh: www.murtaghmasterpieces.com
All photographs are protected by personal copyrights.
Heather Beach
Photos courtesy of Heather Beach
All photographs are protected by personal copyrights.
Bryan Sansivero
Photos courtesy of Brian Sansivero: www.bryansansivero.com
All photographs are protected by personal copyrights.