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Maria Lopes e Artes. THE HISTORY OF BOYDTON, VIRGINIA O Blog Maria Lopes e Artes recebe inúmeras visitas vinda de Boydton, Grata por suas visitas, publico uma pequena homenagem a cidade contando um pouco de sua interessante Hitória. Boydton was founded in 1812 by Alexander Boyd who owned the property and designed the town. Many of the town’s streets are named for the patriotic heroes of the War of 1812. The town was incorporated in 1834, and it became the center of Mecklenburg County government. Original Mecklenburg County Courthouse The Greek-Revival style courthouse with its pedimented portico of six columns was influenced by the Jeffersonian period of construction. The Boydton area was an early horse-breeding region in America, and the race course property was sold in 1830 to the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church that built Randolph-Macon College, the oldest chartered Methodist college in the United States. After the civil war, the school as well...