|  |  | Homestead Preserve’s Old Dairy Restoration Complete: Grand Opening Scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend Warm Springs, Virginia, May 15, 2007 – Homestead Preserve’s historic restoration of the Old Dairy complex in Warm Springs, Virginia, is now complete after nearly two years of intensive renovation efforts. Homestead Preserve will hold a Grand Opening of the Old Dairy Community Center during Old Dairy Days May 25 through May 28.
The special Memorial Day weekend festivities will include a variety of events for owners, founders, builders, and Homestead Preserve staff as well as a Community Day on Sunday when the Old Dairy complex will be open for public tours and a dedication ceremony will take place at Trimble Hall in the historic Main Barn.
“The grand opening of Old Dairy is a major milestone for Homestead Preserve,” says the community’s Director of Sales and Marketing Steve Schneider. “The restoration of this historic complex is not only a reflection of Homestead Preserve’s commitment to preserving the rich heritage of Bath County and The Homestead, but it also represents the opening of our primary community amenities in Warm Springs on a site dedicated to recreation, education and community activities.” The Old Dairy restoration and renovation was completed at a cost of $6 million.
Old Dairy, which was recently designated a Virginia Landmark by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, consists of 11 historic structures dating to the late 1920s. Those structures include a three-story Main Barn, Herdsman’s Cottage, as well as a Ham House, Calving Barn, Bottling Building, and Bull Barn. Built in 1928, Old Dairy served The Homestead in Hot Springs for more than 50 years, supplying all of the resort’s dairy and beef needs.
Its new owner, Homestead Preserve, a unique conservation community located on 2,300 pristine acres in the Warm Springs Valley, began restoration of the complex in 2004. The historic Old Dairy complex was built in the Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts styles, and Homestead Preserve has now provided an adaptive reuse of the property by preserving and restoring the buildings’ original features while also updating the structures for use as a community center and recreation complex and as the home for the offices of the Virginia Hot Springs Preservation Trust and the Preserve Community Association.
The property is currently under consideration for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
Homestead Preserve developers Charles Adams and partner Don Killoren were instrumental in the design and development of Celebration, Florida, near Orlando, which was hailed as the “Most Advanced Community in the Country from 1996-1998” by The Guinness Book of World Records. Crosland, LLC of Charlotte, NC is a financial partner in Homestead Preserve, and Crosland’s President and CEO Todd Mansfield was also directly involved in the development and success of Celebration, Florida. Crosland, Inc. is one of the Southeast’s leading and most diversified real estate companies. For more information, call Deborah Huso at (540) 474-5147, or e-mail drhuso@writewellmedia.com.
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