VIRGINIA HISTORIC HOMES - Key Persons

Toby Beavers has specialized in Virginia historic homes since 2003. He has been a full-time realtor since 1996 and has held licenses in Florida, Rhode Island, and Virginia. He grew up in a pre-war building in New York City and summered in a Queen Anne-style summer cottage in Watch Hill, RI. He began purchasing 18th-century historic homes in 1984-86 in both Sharon, CT. and Sandisfield, MA. In 1990, he moved to St Francisville, LA, and purchased the fabulous Como Plantation. To reach Como one had to navigate a winding, gravel, 6-mile driveway through rainforests (that Charles Audubon once hunted for his bird specimens) down to the Mississippi River. The riverport associated with Como Plantation was known as Brandon Landing and was now a deserted town. With two young children, Toby and his adventurous wife, Terri, chiseled away at the renovation over 4 years. With 75% of it completed Terri insisted a move was in hand as the nearest school was 35 miles away (after you reached the top of the driveway!).