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BY GERALD OCHS
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer
There are occasions when it all seems to be done right, and the creation of the Choate home on Little Jenkins Mountain is surely one of those times. Nestled into the side of the mountain, unpretentious yet extraordinary, the home is a bit of Japan in Rappahannock.
This picture perfect place, conceived by Pat and Kay Choate, is the result of the dedication and creativity of a broad-based Rappahannock team. It does what a home should do, and it does it without despoiling the view shed or ravishing the ridgetop. The view from this home is breathtaking. . . typically Rappahannock . . . but the view to the home is breathtaking as well, it cannot be seen until you are just upoh it.
It is a home for the homeowner, but one in which the artists and craftsman involved can take great pleasure, and one with which future Rappahannock homeowners might model an ideal method of home siting and development. The Choates wanted a real sense of privacy, they wanted to be enveloped by the woods and by their home, and they wanted the house to be invisible to passersby.
The solution was a largely Rappahannock affair: Sam Snead found the perfect 30 acre parcel for the Choates; Wanda Snead located the rental cabin from which the Choates explored the county while awaiting their home’s completion; Richard Leitch International of California provided the design and kit for the Japanese-styled post-and-beam house; Jay Monroe of Monroe and Crocker lent his expertise to landscape and interior designs; and Bob Metcalfe of Metlo Inc. brought it all together with his construction and project management expertise, and his crew of craftsman.
The precision of the construction, as of the
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