Legends of Loudoun is Harrison Williams’s account of the history and historic homes of Loudoun County, in the Northern Neck region of Virginia. Williams weaves together local legend, family history, and architectural description to portray a border county whose great houses and plantations witnessed the early history of the colony and the upheavals of the Civil War.
The book lingers over the old estates, churches, and dwellings of the area, treating them as repositories of regional memory and story. It belongs to the tradition of local history that records both buildings and the human dramas attached to them. For readers interested in Virginia history, vernacular and plantation architecture, and the legends of a particular American place, it offers an affectionate and detailed portrait.