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Ingles House

This is a house that is/was owned by the Ingles family.  I can’t remember the details Roberta (Ingles) Steele
gave me about it.  It may be the house of Lewis Ingles Jeffries as cited in the Blue Ridge Article: Roberta's cousin, Lewis Ingles (Buddy) Jeffries, lives across the river from the ferry site on his family's farm, just above the amphitheater in which "The Long Way Home" has been performed for the past 27 years. Buddy Jeffries was drawn back to his home place after a long career in the military. In addition to owning the rights to "The Long Way Home," Jeffries spends his time repairing fences, raising beef cattle, and restoring the house in which he grew up.   Built by John Ingles in 1789, Jeffries' home is one of three remaining in Montgomery County built prior to 1800 in frame rather than log.  "Using more modern and elegant building materials was my ancestor's way of getting this part of Virginia out of the frontier mentality," Jeffires says.

Contributed by Irene Underwood