The Glebe Houses Of Colonial Virginia

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The Glebe Houses of Colonial Virginia - Willard J. Webb and Anne C. Webb. In colonial Virginia with its established church, every parish was required by law to provide its minister with a glebe, a farm or plantation, and a glebe house as part of his recompense. The minister was an important person in the local community and his glebe house had to befit his position. There were numerous glebe houses in colonial Virginia and they were substantial, well built dwellings-good examples of the mid-size Virginia plantation house. With disestablishment of the church following the Revolution, the glebe houses passed into private hands and only a few survive today. The stories of these remaining glebe houses provide intriguing glimpses into the social, religious, and economic life of colonial Virginia. 2003, 5

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