Marburg

Built in 1889, Marburg is the oldest residence in the Byrd Park area. Named for Euker home in Germany Lives in mansion downtown and rents out land to farmers.

1850's - Bolling Haxall buys +/-90 acres and creates "Beechwood Farm". As many as 10 tenant cottages were known to be on the property and one survives at Marburg today. This cottage and the kitchen building are only the antebellum structures in the Carillon/Byrd Park area.
1885 - Bolling Haxall dies. Land sold to Thomas Blanton who uses property mostly for his dairy farm business.
1888 –Thomas

L. Blanton sells 1.25 acres of his Beechwood Farm to Charles and Augusta Euker. Property named Marburg after Euker’s place of birth in Hessen, Germany.
1889 - Construction of the Marburg dwelling and stables begin. Built next to old Beechwood Farm tenant farmer cottage so it can be used as servant quarters.
1889 - City condemnation of tract of land totally 0.1 acre bordering Pump House Drive. Reduces Marburg tract to 1.15 acres
1890 - Marburg completed and Euker family take up residence.
1897 - Richmond Times Dispatch report of wedding of Eleanor Euker to Beverly Waugh Smith taking place at the house. They take up residence in Baltimore.
1899 - Euker defaults on loan from Frank D. Hill. Since Hill is deceased, his trustee, TM Wortham, seizes house and sells at public auction to highest bidder – Karl Schuricht - who pays $3200 for property.
1902 - Karl Schuricht dies suddenly at age 37 (Oct 27). Marburg passes to stepmother and brother
1903 - Hedwig Schuricht transfers her interest in Marburg to stepson, George, for $1.
1903 - George Schuricht sells Marburg to Charles and Virginia Wright for $3500.
1910 - Property appears in Richmond Times Dispatch available for rent.
1911 - Property continues appear in RTD available for rent.
1913 - Property sold to Jacob Neff Brenaman.
1923 - Brenaman dies suddenly. Property sold by his trustee to Tazewell M. Carrington, Sr. He uses as his summer home.
1933 - Emma Carrington dies at brother’s home
1935 - Tazewell M. Carrington dies. Property transfers to Tazewell Jr.
1936 - Tazewell Jr. sells to Ann Dennis. She and husband, Benjamin, take up residence.
1963 - Ann Dennis dies. Property passes to husband who declines it. House put up for sale per residuary clause of Dennis’ will.
1965 - Property purchased by J. Watts and Elizabeth Vermillion
2011 - Elizabeth Vermillion dies. Son, Lucian, inherits
2013 - Property sold to Castle Kanawha. Initial plan to demolish house and replace with 6 upscale homes met with much resistance. “Save Marburg” movement forms. After 7 months of negotiations, contract for purchase executed to William Lipps on reduced acreage (0.355 acres).
2014 - Marburg reaches milestone 125th year.

04/26/2024

And the transition to a new roof, from the original 1890s (thereabouts) to 2024.

04/25/2024

Marburg nine and six years ago. She’s come a long way.

08/11/2022

As we continue William Ford Lipps's incredible restoration of Marburg, I'll leave some photos here of the kitchen project we began last February- an 1850s smokehouse once detached from the main house. The first photo is from February 6th, as we packed up the pantry. I'll post the final shots once it's done (very soon!). Mark H. Curtis, contractor extraordinaire- thank you so much for all your work. We are almost there! Curtis Home Improvements, LLC

11/27/2021

https://richmond.com/realestate/features/great-homes/marburg-from-a-planned-demolition-to-a-stage-for-chamber-music/article_b9ef1d08-4ee0-11ec-8718-976e417edb34.html

Marburg: From a planned demolition to a stage for chamber music When Nathan “Nate” Bick and Ingrid Keller decided earlier this year to buy the Marburg property in Richmond’s Carillon neighborhood, they had no idea how close it had come to