But I’m not someone who’s seen anything, nor do I want to.” ~ Endview Curator, 2012Įndview survived both the destruction of the American Revolution and Civil War. “I’ve had some experiences, but don’t think I’ve seen anything appear. I’m sure there are realms of the paranormal, alternative realities that we don’t understand. During the Civil War, Confederate generals occupied the property, where the plantation residence served as a military hospital during Peninsula Campaign. During the War of 1812, the military utilized the property. General Thomas Nelson’s Virginia Militia used it as a shelter shortly before the surrender of the British. The 247-year-old house and grounds were used by military forces during the Revolutionary War.
The admirable captain served as a militia officer, tobacco inspector, and later the Speaker of the House of Burgesses. In 1769, William Harwood completed the Georgian-style house located on the expansive property of the Great Warwick Road – this long road linked the colonial capital of Williamsburg with the harbor town of Hampton. The twenty-four-acre property contains three secondary buildings, two cemeteries, two road traces, and a newly constructed earthen fortification.
His great-great-great grandfather Captain Thomas Harwood owned a 1,500-acre plantation dubbed Queen’s Hith, an Old English term meaning “river landing”. William Harwood emigrated from England in 1622. Harwood Plantation is located on Route 238 in the Lee Hall community of Newport News.
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