NORWOOD 



ORWOOD, the home of the Randolph and Kennon 

 famines, is in Powhatan County about seventeen 

 miles above Richmond. Its two thousand and 

 sixty-five acres lie on the south banl^ of the James 

 River for about three miles. It was originally 

 bought by John Heth, the great-great-grandfather 

 of the present owner, Mr. Charles Randolph Kennon, in 1813 

 from one John Harris. In those days the present home site was 

 called "Greenyard," possibly because of the lovely grove which 

 surrounds the house. 



An extensive addition was made to the original residence in 

 1835 by Beverley Randolph, who then made it his home, he having 

 acquired it through his wife, Lavinia, who was the daughter of 

 John Heth. 



The estate remains practically unchanged to the present time, 

 the succeeding generations keeping up its old traditions; Beverley 

 Randolph leaving it at his death to his son, Charles, who, dying 

 unmarried, left it to his sister, Nancy Kennon, and now the Kennon 

 name has owned it in direct line for three generations. 



In the olden days it was a most lovely place, with its imposing 

 grove and beautiful gardens in the rear of the house. The back 

 was separated from the front by a privet hedge, which also sur- 

 rounded the garden. 



In front of the house was a large park containing some fifteen 

 acres, enclosed by an osage orange hedge. The approach was by 

 a long, curved driveway following this hedge. The front lawn, 

 with its beautiful trees and grass, was separated from the park by 

 a semi-circular arbor-vitae hedge. 



In the rear of the house about three acres was enclosed by a 

 privet hedge, and was laid out in flower beds which it was the 



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