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Cottage Curator

Cottage Curator is an independent art gallery owned by artist/curator Jackie Bailey Labovitz. As a curator with over thirty years’ experience in organizing art collections for corporations, embassies and public spaces around the world, Jackie now assists residential clients with the purchase and placement of her own art as well as artworks by other local, regional, and nationally recognized fine art and fine craft artists, many of whom have pieces in major museum collections.

The Cottage is located in Rappahannock County, a few miles south of “Little” Washington in the historic village of Sperryville, Virginia, and a few miles east of the Thornton Gap entrance to the Shenandoah National Park at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains on U.S 211.

Jackie is available by phone at 202-345-1733, email jackie@baileylabovitz.com, at the gallery Thursday through Monday 11am-5pm, and by appointment at your convenience.

Sharp Rock Farm

Set in an unspoiled, rolling valley at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains with the Hughes River gently meandering along the property, Sharp Rock’s twenty-five acres embody the peace and pleasures of country life at its best. Sharp Rock Farm is not only a bed and breakfast, but a working vineyard and winery. Guests are invited to tour the vineyard and taste the award-winning wines in our tasting room.

The Inn at Mount Vernon Farm

The Home and Farm have been passed down through 8 generations of the Miller family. In 1827, John Miller Sr. purchased the land from Francis Thornton and built a modest family home with his son, “Poplar John”. The simple rectangular structure was built from bricks fired on the bank of the Thornton River and trees harvested from nearby Turkey Mountain. Sixty years later, John Byron made substantial additions including the present day Owner’s Suite, Queen’s Room, and sitting porches.

The early Millers were successful dairy farmers and apple growers. By the early 1900s, the herd of dairy cows had grown large enough to justify the construction of the Dairy Barn. At 235 feet long, John Clifford Sr.’s barn is a marvel of engineering and one of the largest wooden barns of its era still standing in America today. In 2010, Cliffs III and IV teamed up to renovate the old family home and open the Inn. Today’s farm owners emphasize habitat and soil conservation and have placed 604 acres of the farm in a Virginia Conservation easement.

The current owners of Mount Vernon Farm are focused on preserving and improving the land. The farm employs best management practices to protect the watershed and soils. In 2012, the Mount Vernon Farm was awarded the Rappahannock River Basin Grand Award, one of many other recognitions it has received for sustainable farming and conservation. The farm includes 840 acres of rolling hills filled with warm and cool season grasses, orchards, forests, and meadows teeming with wildlife.

We look forward to your stay.

~ The Miller Family

Hopkins Ordinary

The original brick building of Hopkins Ordinary was built around 1820 by John Hopkins and today is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There was a tavern in the basement and an inn, called an “Ordinary,” for guests on the main floors. The stable that was behind the building burned down in the 19th century.

In the mid-1800s, the wood frame portion of the inn was built, doubling the Ordinary’s size. By the 1920s, running water and electricity had been installed and were prominently featured as selling points on the stationary of the ‘Sperryville Inn” as it was known at that time. Through the years, it continued to serve as an overnight stop for weary travelers and also hosted longer-term boarders. With the increased availability of automobiles, the inn was renamed the Lee Highway Hotel and served as a primary stop for travelers headed back and forth over the Blue Ridge Mountains.

In the 1970s, the hotel was closed and four rental apartments were carved out of the 12 guest rooms. The then-proprietor created the cottage behind the hotel from two other buildings on the property, and the apartments became known as “the old Sperryville hotel.” In 2001, the current owners purchased the building and began plans to return the building to its original use hosting overnight guests.

In 2014 Hopkins Ordinary became Virginia’s first BBA (Bed & Breakfast & Aleworks)!

Glen Gordon Manor

Our captivating retreat is conveniently situated below Sky Line Drive, overlooking the stunning Shenandoah National Park. From our 45 acres of pastures, lawns, and gardens, you can glory in the gorgeous views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and our neighboring farms and vineyards.

Gay Street Inn

Built in the 1850s, the comfortable, 5-room B&B is just steps from everything “Little” Washington has to offer.

Horseback Riding

Belle Meade

Located on 138-acres defined by mountains, streams, rolling hills, pastures, woodlands, a pond, and an abundance of life, Belle Meade is a dynamic community.
Belle Meade is a Bed & Breakfast, where guests can slow their pace, relax, eat delicious farm-fresh cuisine, lounge by the pool, sit by the wood stove in the parlor, enjoy a massage, and breathe. It is a community center, hosting rehearsal dinners, classes, workshops, and retreats.

Fairlea Farm

Our guests enjoy spectacular Blue Ridge mountain views, lush pasture land. On a clear day, if you know exactly where to look…you can even see cars in the distance along Skyline Drive. Fairlea Farm has the advantage of being a working sheep and cattle farm within two blocks of the center of the historic village of Little Washington. We offer warm hospitality and a sumptuous, homemade country breakfast in our fieldstone manor house, located just 75 minutes from Washington, DC.

Phone: (540) 675-3679
email:longyear@shentel.net

Middleton Inn

The award-winning Middleton Inn Bed and Breakfast is a classic country estate with all the grandeur and elegance of an English country home, set in the picturesque village of Washington, Va., only a short stroll from the world-renown dining at the Inn at Little Washington. Listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register, this historic estate offers Southern graciousness and gentility in a rural setting with mountain views on acres of scenic pasture and meadow in the historic village of Washington, Virginia.

~ The Miller Family

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