Notes from a Virginia Farmhouse. A lesson in the humanities.

Humanity Hall is a 150-acre property in western Hanover County, Virginia, once the site of a classical boys' school. The Reverend Peter Carr Nelson taught Latin and Greek here for over twenty years before his death in 1827. We are the family who lives here now. Restoration, research, written as we go.

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Black and white photo of an old wooden house, with a brick chimney, surrounded by trees, and a dirt path in the foreground. The photo has handwritten notes at the bottom reading 'kitchen added c. late 18th century' and the date 1918.