Carter’s Grove,, built from 1750 to 1755, and one of colonial America’s most impressive examples of Georgian architecture, is once again for sale . Court-appointed trustee Stanley J. Samorajczyk hired Charlottesville Realtor McLean Faulconer Inc. to market the property. The asking price is: $14.95 million The house was built for Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert […]
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Tech investor, entrepreneur and past owner of Carters Grove, Halsey Minor filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles. He is seeking protection from law firms, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, his ex-wife and current wife, among others. He listed liabilities of between $50 million and $100 million with more […]
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CNET cofounder and Carters Grove Owner, Halsey Minor’s $3.9 million, 200-acre Charlottesville area farm went to foreclosure auction . Can you guess who the auction’s top bidder was… CNET cofounder Halsey Minor. According to The Hook, Halsey bought control of his foreclosed loan back for more than he owed.
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An article in the Charlottesville Daily Progress indicates that Halsey Minor, The CNet co-founder who purchased Carters Grove here in Williamsburg, VA is having financial issues on a Hotel Project in Charlottesville, VA “The Project was to be his legacy in his hometown of Charlottesville, VA,” Minor wrote in a filing as part of his […]
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Sad story in the The Washington Post today on the “fate” of Carter’s Grove, For 260 years, it steadfastly survived looting, flood, hurricane, earthquake, a Hollywood crew filming a now-forgotten Cary Grant movie, and a marauding Revolutionary War colonel who billeted his Redcoats there and, legend has it, rode a horse up the main staircase, […]
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A judge has thrown out a proposed settlement between millionaire Halsey Minor and Colonial Williamsburg, calling a plan to have the foundation loan Minor hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix-up the deteriorating mansion "preposterous." According to the settlement plan submitted last week, Colonial Williamsburg would advance Minor up to $800,000 to pay for repairs […]
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Colonial Williamsburg told employees late Thursday afternoon that it was foreclosing on Carter’s Grove LLC, the Halsey Minor entity which purchased Carter’s Grove. In a message sent out about 4:30 p.m., President Colin Campbell said Carter’s Grove LLC "has failed to make on time the final two payments due on its mortgage obligation" and is […]
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A letter from Robert C. Middaugh, James City County Administrator Virginia Dominion Power has proposed two routes in James City County for the construction of a new transmission line. One route is in the northern part of the County and crosses the Chickahominy River, runs adjacent to Freedom Park and the two new schools on […]
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Now that the Landmark’ Hotel’s owner, ( and the owner of Williamsburg’s Carters Grove Plantation) Halsey Minor, and its developer, Lee Danielson, are locked in a legal battle over who is at fault in running up the cost of the hotel from an initial budget of around $31 million to as much as $50 […]
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