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S1973, the Virginia General

bly established the Virginia

rs Foundation to encourage the preservation of agricultural and open space land by accepting easements,” .Irwin said. If one state agency wanted to condemn the land, they would have to confront another state agency specifically chartered to preserve that land, Irwin said. He added that the Virginia Outdoors Foundation is not the only agency that can accept open space easements. Among some others are the Nature Conservancy, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and theL .S. Department of the Interior.

The stone house on Irwin’s Caledonia farm was built in 1812 by Captain John Dearing. It remained in the Dearing family until 1961 when it was bought by Bill Pullen. Irwin bought the place in 1967.

Although/it is possible to place

a “facade/easement” on a building, to insure that future renova

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