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This is the second in a series of three articles focusing on the history of the Longlea Estate.
By Don Audette
Special to the Rappahannock News
When notices appeared in newspapers in early April 1965 of half-acre lots being for sale at Longlea, the response was gratifying to the developer who had an option to buy the property. A Washington Post ad, showing Alice Glass's home, spoke of the "English Manor House of enormous proportions and aristocratic luxury and its 400-acre estate." A sidebar, in decidedly non-aristocratic wording, called on city dwellers to, "Chuck it...for a day, for a week, or forever," and enjoy country li\ing. Mid-April saw over 1,113 inquires being received, and 116 families had placed deposits on lots.
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