George Bernard Lorraine Records, ca. 1925-1976

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The records, ca. 1925-1976, of George Bernard Lorraine, real estate broker and agent in the City of Richmond and Northumberland County, Virginia, consist of advertising, real estate agreements, blueprints, checks, clippings, correspondence (letters), house keys, maps, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, plats, postcards, receipts, and surveys. They generally relate to Lorraine's real estate business, an enterprise encompassing a broad array of purchases and sales for land, businesses, houses, farms, and private estates both in Virginia and out-of-state. A significant number of these properties date their construction to the 19th, 18th and even 17th centuries. Notable properties Lorraine brokered include: Christ's Cross (Criss Cross), Dewberry, Edgewood, Keswick, Kingsmill Plantation, Locksley Hall, Mitchie Tavern, Powhite, Scotchtown, Wilton, and many Virginia Landmarks Register, National Register of Historic Properties, Historic American Building Survey, and Historic Virginia Building Survey properties.

Biographical / historical:

George Bernard Lorraine (12 January 1887- 7 January 1976), son of Charles Lorraine (1853-1939) and Martha Bohannan Lorraine (1852-1930), was a real estate broker and agent in Richmond and later Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia. He specialized in the sale of large private estates in Tidewater and eastern Virginia; although, he also did business in other Virginia locales and out-of-state. He was married to Estelle LeGrand Lorraine (1896-1978), and the pair had two children, John Knowles Lorraine and Margaret Lorraine Bleser. He died in Tappahannock Hospital in Essex and was interred in St. Stephens Episcopal Church Cemetery in Heathsville.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Douglas LeGrand, McClean, Virginia, 15 November 1978.
Arrangement:

The collection is organized into the following series and sub-series: Series I: Real estate records (Sub-series A: Virginia real estate (bulk), Sub-series B: Out-of-state real estate); Series II: Oversize (Sub- series A: Virginia real estate maps and plats (bulk), Sub-series B: Out-of-state real estate maps and plats, Sub-series C: Miscellaneous and unidentified property maps and plats); Series III: Miscellaneous business correspondence and records; Series IV: Publications; Series V: File cards.

Physical location:
Business Records Collection, Acc. 31042
Physical description:
85.70 cubic feet; 161 Hollinger boxes, 13 file card boxes, 9 map case drawers