400 Blandy Farm Lane
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Last updated on May 20, 2024
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Directions from Millwood to site 15:
- Turn right out of the Mill parking lot and continue until you reach the fork in the road
- Make a slight right onto VA-255/Bishop Meade Rd and continue for another 0.6 mile
- At the stop sign, turn right onto US-50 W/Hwy 17 N and continue for 1.3 mile
- Turn left onto Blandy Farm lane, and follow the lane until you reach the parking area
- Visitors are encouraged to explore Blandy Experimental Farm and State Arboretum.
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Originally part of the Tuleyries plantation, these 712 acres were devised to the University of Virginia in 1926 by New York stockbroker Graham F. Blandy. An imposing 10-room brick slave quarters built 1825–1830 was expanded in 1943 and converted to laboratories and faculty housing. An arboretum was planted on 175 acres of the property, with the remaining acreage used for environmental research or leased for farming. Blandy was designated the State Arboretum of Virginia in 1986.
In the summer of 2021, the locations of some 40 burials were found on the grounds of Blandy Experimental Farm. The property once belonged to the Tuleyries; the large private estate can still be seen next door. These burials are presumed to be those of enslaved persons who lived in the barracks-style slave quarters that now hold Blandy’s library, offices, and research dormitories. |
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