Airville Plantation
Airville Plantation is listed on the National Register of Historic Homes and is a Registered Virginia Historic Landmark. The original two-story home with a gambrel roof was built in 1756 by John Dixon Sr., a Colonial clergyman. In the early 19th century, the home was bought by Thomas Smith, a local merchant and delegate to the Virginia Legislature. Smith erected a large, three-story Federal style addition to the home, including a towering spiral staircase that begins in the front entrance and continues to the third floor.
Behind the main house sits a row of dependencies: a lumber house, a smokehouse, a round dairy and the Overseer's Cottage, which is now a guest suite. Perfect for honeymoons, anniversaries or quiet getaways.
Airville Plantation Bed and Breakfast has three guest rooms. In the main house, the Harwood Room looks out over the meadow. This large corner room has a queen plantation canopy bed, fireplace, and comfortable sitting area. Sharing the bath is the
Dixon Room, with a lace-topped queen canopy bed, antique writing desk and sitting area. In the late-18th-century Overseer's Cottage, there is a two-story guest unit: a sitting room with wood stove and kitchenette on the ground floor, and a second floor bedroom with a queen bed, fireplace and bath.
Guests are welcome to stroll the rolling lawns and gardens or walk in acres of woods. To the front of the house is a large in-ground pool for enjoyment and the round ice house has been converted into a pool house, complete with dressing rooms. For those guests with a nautical interest, Airville has a dock about 2 miles from the main house, at the mouth of the Ware River which carries 6 feet at low water. Guests who arrive by boat will be met at dockside and transported to the main house. There is also excellent fishing from the pier and a small beach area.
Airville maintains its own orchard, vegetable and flower gardens, so the full breakfast includes homemade jams, jellies and fresh fruits and vegetables in season.