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The Clevengers then moved to Culpeper and took charge of the dining room at the Lord Culpeper Hotel. Clevenger’s Restaurant, though, continued at the intersection of U.S. 211 and Route 229 under new management by “the Duntons” or “the Duttons”—the names vary in ads in the Rappahannock News of 1959.
On to Culpeper
It was in the dining room of the Lord Culpeper Hotel in late 1959 that Mrs. Clevenger, the impeccable hostess, brought over a cup of coffee one evening and sat down with the Martins after they had finished their meal.
She told them of her latest dream—opening a new restaurant in the Town of Culpeper. There was immediate enthusiasm for the idea, but she needed a catchy name.
After many false starts, William (“Willie”) Martin, Rose Marie’s husband, suggested “The Pelham House,” for Major John Pelham, CSA (“The Gallant Pelham”), who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Kelly's Ford in March 1863, during the Civil War.
Over the next week or so, Mrs. Clevenger tried this out on a number of people, and
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