Dooms, Virginia: Purple Cow Head

Large, and purple. Towers above the neighboring trees on lofty sign posts. It's purpose is obscure.

Purple Cow Head

We stopped by here on our way to Charlotte for a wedding. A photo op with a cow head colored purple was a perfect excuse to get off the highway for a bit.

[Steve, 01/14/2013]

Purple Cow Head

I helped my father build this fast food restaurant in 1964. He bought the entire cow statue from Monticello Dairy in Charlottsville because he knew it would be a good advertising tool and people would talk about it.

I remember flipping burgers there when I was in high school. We owned the 50 acre tract with the restaurant on the corner, and Dad built our house directly behind it. He sold the rest of the land off. In the late '60s I was in the Air Force and my parents moved the restaurant to a location downtown. My Dad always wanted to work for himself and this was his start.

[Ted Simerson, 07/01/2011]

The Purple Cow - Vague Recollections

I have lived in Dooms all of my life. The Purple Cow began as a small fast food hamburger restaurant. I remember the hamburgers sold for .15 cents. Had many good times there.

[Dwight, 02/27/2010]

Purple Cow Head

Large purple cow sits atop an approximately 20 foot post. This purple cow has been there at least [40] years. There have been various businesses that have occupied the property.

[Barbara, 12/17/2007]