Mary Burruss

Oct 22, 2024 | virginialiving.com | Heather Bien |Elizabeth Cogar |Mary Burruss |Amy White

For 25 years, Scribner’s editor Maxwell Perkins sent them to Welbourne, a Middleburg estate. At the epicenter of hunt country, Welbourne holds stories of horses, royals, and a secret literary romance. Built in 1750, the Middleburg estate became the home to Colonel Richard Henry Dulany, who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. A passionate horseman, Dulany founded the country’s oldest hunt club, The Piedmont Fox Hounds, in 1840.

Jul 10, 2024 | virginialiving.com | Stephanie Ganz |Madeline Mayhood |Mary Burruss |Konstantin Rega

The historic Martha Washington Inn and Spa has long been a cultural anchor and focal point for the far Southwest Virginia gateway city of Abingdon. The sprawling mansion turned 63-room, grand hotel takes its name from its role as the former home of the Martha Washington College for women from 1858 to 1918—and is renowned internationally as one of the most meticulously preserved, designated Historic Hotels of America.