Location

Wyndie Crest Bed & Breakfast is located at 1034 Clay Street, in Franklin, Virginia, on well-traveled Route 58 headed east from Interstate 95 North.

• From Richmond, take 95 South to Exit 41; take Route 35 through the City of Courtland, on to Franklin; approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• From Virginia Beach, take Route 264 West to Route 64 to Route 58 West to Suffolk; approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• From Colonial Williamsburg, take Route 64 South to Route 664 to Route 264 West to Route 58 West; approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• As you will note, all driving times are less than 1 hour and 30 minutes to shopping, and site seeing of historical interest.
• Washington, DC, the Nations Capital, is within a 3-hour drive.

History

Located at the head of the navigable portion of the Blackwater River, the City of Franklin lies in the highly agricultural Coastal Plain in southeastern (or Tidewater) Virginia.

First incorporated as a Town in March of 1876, the first official census of 1880 indicated a population of 447 inhabitants. It was not until 1887 that Franklin began to see significant growth. Six brothers from the Camp Family, with local roots, took possession of a local saw mill. With the Camp family's acquisition of the mill, it experienced 20 years of rapid growth under the leadership of Paul Douglas Camp (President), James Leonidas Camp (Vice-president) and Robert Judson Camp (Secretary-treasurer).

By 1918, "Tiny Franklin" had become a booming wartime village. By 1955, the Camp Corporation's annual sales reached $28 million, much of which they spread throughout the city of Franklin. The Camp family, with a strong sense of family and community, gave much back to the city of Franklin through above-average wages and generous donations to local causes.

Union Camp thrived in Franklin until 1999, when it was acquired by International Paper. Even though Union Camp no longer exists in Franklin, the Camp Family name lives on. Their legacy is most notable in the community, with the community college Paul D. Camp Community College, the James L Camp Jr. YMCA, the Texie Camp Marks Children's Center, and The Ruth Camp Campbell Memorial Library.

Wyndie Crest, home to James L. Camp Jr., was built in 1919 - a Georgian-style architecture manor house with its arborist-designed gardens. Its recent restoration to its former state of grandeur is now open to public as Wyndie Crest Bed & Breakfast.