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Cuckoo

Posted by: flyingmoose

N 37° 57.229 W 077° 54.034

18S E 245151 N 4204660

Located along route 522 this marker stands next to another.

Waymark Code: WMWVF

Location: Virginia, United States

Date Posted: 10/30/2006

Views: 116

Cuckoo Cuckoo, long a landmark for travelers, was built for Henry Pendleton about 1819. Nearby once stood the Cuckoo Tavern, from which in 1781 Jack Jouett made his famous ride. The Pendletons, a prominent family of physicians whose descendants still own the house, constructed two doctor's offices at Cuckoo that still stand; one was built in the 18th century and one in the 19th. The house retains man Federal-style details as well as an early-20th-century Colonial Revival portico. Cuckoo was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in 1994.