University of Mary Washington Eagle Scholar Student Research Submissions Spring 5-4-2016 Gender and Virginia's Early-Twentieth Century Equine Landscapes Mary C. Fesak Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.umw.edu/student_research Part of the Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons Recommended Citation Fesak, Mary C., "Gender and Virginia's Early-Twentieth Century Equine Landscapes" (2016). Student Research Submissions. 72. https://scholar.umw.edu/student_research/72 This Honors Project is brought to you for free and open access by Eagle Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Research Submissions by an authorized administrator of Eagle Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GENDER AND VIRGINIA'S EARLY-TWENTIETH CENTURY EQUINE LANDSCAPES An honors paper submitted to the Department of Historic Preservation of the University of Mary Washington in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Departmental Honors Mary C. Fesak May 2016 By signing your name below, you affirm that this work is the complete and final version of your paper submitted in partial fulfillment of a degree from the University of Mary Washington. You affirm the University of Mary Washington honor pledge: "I hereby declare upon my word of honor that I have neither given nor received unauthorized help on this work." Mary C. Fesak 05/04/16 (digital signature) University of Mary Washington Gender and Virginia’s Early-Twentieth Century Equine Landscapes By Mary Fesak Thesis Advisor: Michael Spencer 1 Acknowledgements I would like to thank my faculty adviser Michael Spencer for his advice and support throughout the course of this project. In addition, I am also grateful to Dr. Cristina Turdean, Dr. Christine Henry, and Dr. Gwendolyn Hale for their comments and opinions on my drafts. This project would not have been possible without the property owners and managers graciously allowing me to study their horse farms. I would like to give a special thanks to Johnny Lloyd at North Wales, Mrs. Helen Marie Taylor at Meadowfarm, John Coles at Hickory Tree Farm, Sarah Potere at Montpelier, and Frank Shipp at Lazy Lane Farm for their time. I would like to thank Sarah Rogers, Christina Castaneda, and my father for giving up some of their time to visit the farms with me. Finally, I would like to thank my mother for moral support throughout the entire process. 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 1 Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................ 2 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Virginia’s Eighteenth through Mid-Nineteenth Century Equine Landscapes ................................ 9 Virginia’s Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century Equine History and Landscapes ........ 20 Women and Virginia’s Early-Twentieth Century Equine Industry .............................................. 30 Case Studies .................................................................................................................................. 39 North Wales .................................................................................................................................. 40 Background ............................................................................................................................... 40 Setting ........................................................................................................................................ 41 Complex Layout......................................................................................................................... 42 Aesthetics ................................................................................................................................... 44 Stable Interior Layouts .............................................................................................................. 45 North Wales Illustrations .......................................................................................................... 46 Mount Sharon................................................................................................................................ 49 Background ............................................................................................................................... 49 Setting ........................................................................................................................................ 50 Complex Layout......................................................................................................................... 50 Aesthetics ................................................................................................................................... 51 Stable Interior Layouts .............................................................................................................. 52 Mount Sharon Illustrations ....................................................................................................... 54 Burrland Farm ............................................................................................................................... 59 Background ............................................................................................................................... 59 Setting ........................................................................................................................................ 60 Complex Layout......................................................................................................................... 61 Aesthetics ................................................................................................................................... 62 Stable Interior Layouts .............................................................................................................. 63 Burrland Farm Illustrations ...................................................................................................... 64 Montpelier ..................................................................................................................................... 71 Background ............................................................................................................................... 71 Setting ........................................................................................................................................ 72 Complex Layout......................................................................................................................... 74 Aesthetics ................................................................................................................................... 76 3 Stable Interior Layouts .............................................................................................................. 77 Brookmeade Stable ....................................................................................................................... 90 Background ............................................................................................................................... 90 Setting ........................................................................................................................................ 91 Complex Layout......................................................................................................................... 91 Aesthetic .................................................................................................................................... 92 Stable Interior Layouts .............................................................................................................. 93 Brookmeade Stable Illustrations ............................................................................................... 95 Gender and Virginia’s Early-Twentieth Century Equine Landscape ......................................... 100 Analysis Charts ....................................................................................................................... 116 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 119 Appendix ..................................................................................................................................... 122 Glossary ...................................................................................................................................... 122 Analysis Criteria ......................................................................................................................... 124 Charts .......................................................................................................................................... 126 North Wales Charts ................................................................................................................. 127 Mount Sharon Charts .............................................................................................................. 130 Burrland Charts ...................................................................................................................... 132 Montpelier Charts ..................................................................................................................