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By Barbara Adolfi
Special to the Rappahannock News
“I show him where I want the wall and he intuitively knows how to contour the stone wall to the very best advantage,” said Jenny Fitzhugh who has total faith in Leobardo Reyes and his group of stone masons. Even looking at a hill covered with leaves and debris, Leobardo can envision how to build a dry stack stone wall that will respect the land and accomplish the home owner's goal. Adjacent to the restored one room log house (circa 1800), the Fitzhugh’s new addition has a soaring fireplace and chimney, with every piece of indigenous rock from Mike and Jenny's land. As he touched the fireplace wall with reverence, Mike noted that some of the Precambrian granite is over one billion years old. The stones were gathered and cut by Leobardo and his crew to fulfill the design that this talented young man developed in his mind after discussing what the Fitzhugh’s wanted. Jenny said they just turned it over to him and his team. An architect from Bethesda took one look at the work and was in awe of the design and exceptional high quality of the work. Our own Donald Chandler, whose architectural designs are influenced by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, said the work is natural, organic and structurally sound. Mike’s family has roots in Culpeper and Rappahannock County going back to the 1700s.
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