Historic attic finds shape Cloverlea Farmhouse s new look
by Carrie Sidener, News & Advance, The Associated Press
Posted Feb 28, 2021 9:01 am EDT
Last Updated Feb 28, 2021 at 9:14 am EDT
BEDFORD, Va. It began when the caretakers of the Cloverlea Farmhouse at the Claytor Nature Center in Bedford decided it was time to clean out the attic.
The attic space above the circa-1790s house had been left untouched in the more than 20 years since the house and its almost 500 acres were donated by Andrew Boyd Claytor III to Lynchburg College, now the University of Lynchburg.
The attic simply wasn’t a priority, said Maggy Liell, groundskeeper and caretaker for the Cloverlea Farmhouse. After all, the staff thought those old, tattered boxes housed wrapping paper and Christmas decorations or nothing at all.
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