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The Jeffress family lived in a Tudor mansion that eventually became the original clubhouse for the country club. [4] The family began the elaborate plantings and garden on their land, and the large formal garden was later enhanced by the "personal stamp" of Charles F. Gillette , who was also working on gardens for the Virginia Governor's ...
Brookneal is an incorporated town in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,090 as of the 2020 census. The population was 1,090 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Brookneal Historic District is a national historic district located at Brookneal, Campbell County, Virginia. It encompasses 105 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Brookneal. Most buildings date to the period spanning from 1875 to 1925.
Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial, also known as Patrick Henry's Red Hill, in Charlotte County, Virginia, near the Town of Brookneal, is the final home and burial place of Founding Father Patrick Henry, the fiery legislator and orator of the American Revolution.
It is named after the old Meadowbrook Farm owned by the Jeffress family, which later turned into the Meadowbrook Country Club (Chesterfield County, Virginia). References [ edit ]
Brookneal, with its strategic location on the Staunton River, was long an important tobacco and textile hub. However, the departure of manufacturing and the changing tobacco market has forced Campbell to transform from a mainly agricultural area into a mixture of suburban and rural communities. [9]
Robert James Jeffress Jr. (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ f r ə s /; born November 29, 1955) is an American Southern Baptist pastor, author, radio host, and televangelist. He is the senior pastor of the 14,000-member [ 2 ] First Baptist Church , a megachurch in Dallas, Texas , [ 3 ] and is a Fox News Contributor. [ 4 ]
Westview, also known as the Elam Homestead and Terrell Place, is a historic plantation house and farm located in Charlotte County, Virginia; the nearest community is Brookneal, which is in Campbell County. It was built in 1832, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has two later frame additions.