The Mason L. Weems
The village of Weems was named as a marketing ploy for a steamboat company.
Whether the Spinster's Home was the original structure built by John Smith around 1659 or a remaining dependency of Robert Carter's larger Corotoman Estate is debated. The home was a story and a half with 8 1/2 foot ceilings. Mary Walker Carter sold the Corotoman Estate about 1850, but the Spinster's House (or "Spinning House") remained standing until 1926. (Source: Richmond Times Dispatch, 11/29/1936)
Whether the Spinster's Home was the original structure built by John Smith around 1659 or a remaining dependency of Robert Carter's larger Corotoman Estate is debated. The home was a story and a half with 8 1/2 foot ceilings. Mary Walker Carter sold the Corotoman Estate about 1850, but the Spinster's House (or "Spinning House") remained standing until 1926. (Source: Richmond Times Dispatch, 11/29/1936)
