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The Historic Feusier Octagon House Is For Sale. Here Are All 3 Of SF's Eight-Sided Homes That Sold Prior All around the world architects use the octagon to beautify their buildings. The Dome of the Rock has a characteristic octagonal plan. The Tower of the Winds in Athens is another example of an octagonal structure. It's no surprise that San Francisco, a city influenced by European ideas and culture, is home to buildings like the Feusier Octagon house, now for sale at $8.6 million. Feusier Octagon House, 1067 Green St, San Francisco, California by Sanfranman59 (Wiki Commons) In the 1850s, th...

Randell Jones Guest columnist After several years in the late 1760s of bitter discourse, protest and, eventually, riots against egregious mistreatment by appointed officials, the farmers on North Carolina’s frontier continued to petition the royal governor and assembly for relief. These “Regulators” called for a better regulation of government. The entrenched powers that be were put off by these backcountry “rabble” and passed the Johnston Riot Act, enabling the government to declare Regulators as outlaws and to confiscate property. Indeed, Royal Gov. Will...

May 6, 2021 Dorothy B. Venter SOUTHBURY – Dorothy Barnum Venter, of Southbury, died peacefully in her home at Pomperaug Woods on April 27, 2021. She was 107 years old, and she lived an incredibly rich and meaningful life. She was born six years before women were granted the right to vote, a right she never took for granted. She saw Civil War veterans march in parades as a child, survived two pandemics and two world wars, attended college during the Great Depression, and witnessed many world-altering events over the last century. Born in Naugatuck to the late Earl M. and Louise Hendrickson B...

Dorothy Craig (Barnum) Venter September 7, 1913 ~ April 27, 2021 (age 107) Dorothy Barnum Venter, of Southbury, CT, died peacefully in her home at Pomperaug Woods on April 27, 2021. She was 107 years old, and she lived an incredibly rich and meaningful life. She was born six years before women were granted the right to vote, a right she never took for granted. She saw Civil War veterans march in parades as a child, survived two pandemics and two World Wars, attended college during the Great Depression, and witnessed many world-altering events over the last century. Subscribe Born in Naugatuc...

GRETNA, Va. — Heritage Academy held their biannual Colonial Day celebration on Friday, where third and fourth grade students learn about what it was like in colonial times. This year, the twenty students got to step into the past and visit Yates Tavern in Gretna for a living example of what it was like.  Dressed in period clothing, Karen Brown and Tate Leftwich’s students stepped off their bus and began a tour of the home at the front door. Members of the Pittsylvania Historical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames guided the students through t...