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On October 18 and 19, as they have every third weekend in October since 1956, the'Women of Bromfield Parish, will sponsor the Annual House Tour and Dried Flower Sale in Washington. This year is a milestone in the event’s long and storied history, the thirtieth and still in-, creasing in popularity.
Since spring the ladies have grown flowers for later cutting and drying; they have beaten the bushes and braved hay-fever (poison ivy) to gather the wild flowers in the area: Joe Pie weed, snake weed, sumac and many others; all to be trimmed, dried and otherwise preserved to make the hundreds of arrangements for sale at the Parish Hall of Trinity Episcopal Church. The arrangements vary in size from small ones to fit a child’s teacup to large, elaborate table center pieces. Popularity of the affair is attested to by the variety of license plates seen on the cars in Trinity parking lot. Visitors come from as far as Maine, Georgia and Ohio.
The other attraction for the event is the tour of three representative houses in Rappahannock County, combining examples of the old and historic and the modem. This year the former includes a country farm and a town house, both from the early 1800’s; and the latter a lovely rambler built in 1980.
On State Rt. 628, 4.4 miles north of Washington, is Caledonia Farm, built in 1812 by Capt. John Dearing and situated on a 52 acre working cattle farm at the foot of The Peak. Caledonia is owned by Phil Irwin. This fine stone house with its twofoot thick walls and original floors, 32 foot beams, fireplaces and mantels, stands as an example of the fine wood and masonry art of its time.
In Washington town is Heritage House, the home of James and Nancy Thomasson, built in 1837 and expanded several times since then. In the main house the rafters bear the Roman numerals which served as guides to assembly. Outbuildings which served once as ice house and stable now serve as quilting studio
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