Historic Opportunity For Unique Village Development

Investors, preservationists and rehabbers, here is a very unique opportunity to purchase more than ten buildings and vacant land in the historic village of Markham, Virginia in Fauquier County at an amazing price! The location is ideal, just off Interstate 66 at exit eighteen. The village is situated in a small valley at the foothills of beautiful mountains where many vineyards, wineries and orchards can be found. Tourists flock to the area to enjoy wine tastings, pick apples, peaches and strawberries. To the Southwest lies Front Royal and the Shenandoah River known as the canoe capital of Virginia. There are incredible ancient caverns near Front Royal and access to the famous Skyline Drive where autumn leaf peepers head in the fall each year. The Appalachian Trail can be accessed close by. Markham is perfectly situated between Washington D. C. and the Northern Virginia suburbs, a great source of income generation. The town was vibrant in the 1800s with two hotels; a grocery store; mill; school; cobbler’s shop; post office; train station and boarding houses. For the past forty years these buildings and the vacant land have been held together by single ownership. All of the real estate is being sold together. What a great opportunity to create a destination for tourist business with a restaurant, retail shops, overnight accommodations, etc. Private train cars could be chartered from Washington D. C. to bring guests and tourists. The area was initially known as Farrowsville, and acted as a northern point for a stagecoach line connecting to the Culpeper Court House. It was a milling center with at least eight mills in the early nineteenth century. Renamed in the 1850s by railroad pioneer Edward C. Marshall, it grew as a strategic transportation hub for the Manassas Gap Railroad. The town is rich in Virginia and National history yet it is not placed in historic designation which would limit renovations. See the information below for more specific details on the buildings. Additional historic information is available upon request. The lower center part of the Post Office building is leased to the United States Postal Service for a few more years. The rental houses and duplexes are on short term leases. Below are the tax identification numbers for individual buildings and land: Note: The cobbler’s shop is on the same parcel as ”Green Hotel” and rental house number three (as identified in photos) is on same parcel as ”Yellow Hotel.” Three thousand seven hundred dollars per annum is paid to Norfolk Southern Railroad for ground lease associated with train station: One one five two four Old Markham Road., tax identification number six zero two one dash six three dash seven zero seven six (Post Office) currently leased to United States Post Office * Old Markham Road., tax identification number and address to follow (Train Station) One one five two seven Old Markham Road., tax identification number six zero two one dash six two dash seven seven six three (Yellow Hotel plus Tanner Shop) One one five two one Old Markham Road., tax identification number six zero two one dash six two dash nine eight four two (Green Hotel plus Two Story House) Three two two nine Railstop Road., tax identification number six zero two one dash six two dash six seven three nine (Two Story Stone House) Three two two eight Railstop Road., tax identification number six zero two one dash six two dash four eight four nine (Two Story Frame House plus cottage) Three Two three four Railstop Road., tax identification number Six Zero Two One - Sixty Two - Five Nine Three Eight (Vacant House) Zero Railstop Road., tax ID # [hidden information] (one point oh nine acre Vacant Land) Small vacant parcel, tax ID # [hidden information] acre Small vacant parcel, tax ID # [hidden information] acre PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TAX RECORD INFORMATION FOR SEVERAL OF THE PARCELS REGARDING THE NAME OF THE TOWNS IS WRONG. ALL PARCELS ARE LOCATED IN MARKHAM, VIRGINIA