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named Stonewall Manor.
Compton, who still lives in Woodbridge, is carving out an apartment for himself in the back of the church building and will live there while running the business.
Before taking on the Stonewall Abbey project, Compton was an information systems technologist in the Navy for five years and recently has been working with his father on logistics for federal agencies in Washington, D.C.
But Compton’s true pas■ sion is building guitars. He has 'been crafting the six-string instruments for eight years and specializes in solid-body electric guitars,
“With my new workshop, Fm going to branch out into acoustics and any kind of string instrument,’’ he said.
His workshop, however, will remain in Amissville at his parents’ house.
“I thought about [moving the workshop to Stonewall Abbey], but that creates a lot of noise and mess, so I didn’t want to have that here,” he said.
Stonewall Abbey will serve light food, likely sandwiches and desserts, Compton said. The cafe will also welcome musical performances. “We’d like to have an open-mic concept,” he said.
Compton’s project is not the first business to move into the former Episcopal Church. Most recently, the building housed the Old Sperryville Bookshop. The bookshop dosed on New\eark Eve last year and Compton finalized his purchase on the building about two weeks later.
For more information about Stonewall Abbey, visit www.stonewallabbey.com. Those interested in the new business can sign up for a monthly newsletter about construction progress, the cafe, music and gift offerings.
E-mail the reporter at kaUen@tunespapers.com
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