Background
Source: Wikipedia
Agnes Rothery (1888–1954), or Agnes Edwards Rothery, was the pen name of American writer Agnes (née Edwards) Pratt. In 1917, Agnes married Harry Rogers Pratt, a music professor at the University of Virginia; in 1940 they built a Spanish Colonial Revival house on Rothery Road in Charlottesville, Virginia. The house, Recoleta, is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register. Primarily known as a travel writer, she also published novels. Rothery died in 1954 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
