Winchester   (VA)  (Images of America)
Title: Out of the PastAuthor: Priscilla LehmanPublisher: The Winchester StarDate: 12/15/2008Rose Hill Farm, 234 Featherbed Lane, was built in sections before 1790 and about 1815. It stood until the mid-1980s when it was torn down for construction of the Apple Blossom Corners shopping center. In 1986, C. Douglas Adams bought Rose Hill Farm and the surrounding property from Hunter and Shirley Gaunt for $853,000. The land originally was owned by Abraham Hollingsworth, Winchester's first settler. This undated photo comes from the book, "Images of America: Winchester" by Kathryn Parker. The book, published by Arcadia Publishing, is for sale for $19.99 at Winchester Book Gallery, Handley Library Book Shop, Homespun Gifts, and other area merchants. The photo was taken by the Barr's Studio in Winchester and appeared in The Winchester Star. Parker will appear at a book signing from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Winchester Book Gallery, 185 N. Loudoun St. She and four other area historians are set to appear at 7 p.m. on Jan. 9 at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley for "An Evening with Valley Authors."