Brush-Everard House

The Brush-Everard House is a timber-framed colonial residence with hand-split wooden siding across its five bays and story-and-a-half height. Six separate buildings surround the main house, including a kitchen, smokehouse, stables, privies, laundry, and dairy arranged around formal gardens.

John Bush built this residence in 1718, making it one of Virginia's earliest houses, and Thomas Everard later purchased and expanded it in 1755. The changes made during Everard's ownership shaped the property for generations to come.

The rooms inside reflect how colonial families displayed their wealth and taste through fine woodwork and carefully chosen furnishings from that era. Walking through shows how people of means lived during that period.

The site is easy to walk through, with all buildings arranged close together around the gardens, making it simple to see everything in one visit. Plan time to explore all the structures to get a complete sense of colonial daily life and household operations.

A careful restoration from 1949 to 1951 removed later additions to show how the house appeared when Thomas Everard owned it. This work revealed the building's appearance from an earlier chapter of its history.