The next owner of 79 S. Powells Island Road gets a four-bedroom wood frame house, about 10 acres of open fields, more than 800 feet of Tye River frontage and a piece of Nelson County history.
The house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
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The original fireplace in the home in Arrington. .
The stairs and entryway of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
The remnants of a railroad bridge across the Tye River are shown after Hurricane Camille struck in 1969. The area is just a short walk from the home at 79 S. Powell Road.
Access to the Tye River comes with the property at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
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RIGHT: A barn that used to be a blacksmith’s shed on the property at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
Fields on the property at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The driveway to the house 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
Access to the Tye River comes with the property at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
The master bedroom of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
A second bedroom of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
A third bedroom of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
A second bedroom in the home at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
Original windows frame the second bedroom of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
Windows in the main room on the first floor of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The front door of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
A shed beside the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
79 S Powells Island Rd in Arrington, V.A., on Sept., 15. 2022. The living room/ dining room.
The kitchen with original cabinetry in the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
A window looks out into the back yard in the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The staircase in the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The downstairs bathroom of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The downstairs bathroom closet in the home at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The stairs and entryway of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
The upstairs hallway of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The living room and dining area of the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
A light fixture on the the front porch of 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington on Sept. 15, 2022.
A bell beside the front door of 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
A pencil sharpener at of 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
A barn at of 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington.
The porch of the home at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
A living room area features a wood stove in the house at 79 S. Powells Island Road in Arrington, on Sept. 15, 2022.
The original fireplace in the home in Arrington. .
The destruction at Tye River Depot near U.S. 29 is shown in 1969. In the back, the new railroad bridge is being built. The old one, which was washed away by the flood waters caused by the remnants of Hurricane Camille, is lying in the Tye River in the foreground. William Yagel, the current owner of the house at 79 S. Powells Road, think the flood waters from the Tye rose to the house's concrete front porch.
The remnants of a railroad bridge across the Tye River are shown after Hurricane Camille struck in 1969. The area is just a short walk from the home at 79 S. Powell Road.

