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nock County, while the third, Champlain, was built in Madison County. Montpelier, built for William Thornton, was used as a summer home for the family to escape the onslaught of malaria■ transmitting mosquitoes that plagued their Fredericksburg home. For this reason, Montpelier was built with no hallways. The stately home is long but it’s width is about as wide as one room, allowing for crossventilation during the hot Virginia summers. Champlain, according to Rappahannock native William Fletcher III, burned in the late 1700’s. Fletcher has considerable history about the homes since his mother Mildred “Milly” Fletcher was boiHr • into the Thornton family. Francis Thornton II, who was originally from Caroline County, acquired land grants for 4,452-acres in northern FT Valley and then his
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