Swannanoa
Swannanoa is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley (1841–1922) and it sits atop Afton Mountain near Charlottesville Virginia. Today it is slowly decaying away, but is open for tours occasionally. Anita and I got lucky this past Sunday and this was our first stop on a grand day out adventure. Rain and Fog didn't slow us down a bit and only added to the mystic side of this once glorious estate. This structure is in the gardens. Swannanoa is one of only three in the US built of white Georgia marble . I loved the whole feel of the place and I think the fog just enhanced the lost feeling and hopeless abandonment of it.
Swannanoa
Swannanoa is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley (1841–1922) and it sits atop Afton Mountain near Charlottesville Virginia. Today it is slowly decaying away, but is open for tours occasionally. Anita and I got lucky this past Sunday and this was our first stop on a grand day out adventure. Rain and Fog didn't slow us down a bit and only added to the mystic side of this once glorious estate. This structure is in the gardens. Swannanoa is one of only three in the US built of white Georgia marble . I loved the whole feel of the place and I think the fog just enhanced the lost feeling and hopeless abandonment of it.