Historic houses in Virginia
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Many historic houses in Virginia are notable sites. The U.S. state of Virginia
was home to many of America's Founding Fathers
, four of the first five U.S. presidents
, as well as many important figures of the Confederacy
. As one of the earliest locations of European settlement in America, Virginia has some of the oldest buildings in the nation.
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
was home to many of America's Founding Fathers
Founding Fathers of the United States
The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the United States Declaration of Independence, taking part in the American Revolutionary War, establishing the United States Constitution, or by some...
, four of the first five U.S. presidents
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
, as well as many important figures of the Confederacy
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
. As one of the earliest locations of European settlement in America, Virginia has some of the oldest buildings in the nation.
List of historic houses in Virginia
Listing includes date of the start of construction where known.- Agecroft HallAgecroft HallAgecroft Hall is a Tudor-style estate currently on the James River in Virginia, United States, though originally built in Pendlebury, Lancashire, England in the late 15th century. It is now operated as a museum. It was the home of Lancashire's Langley and Dauntesey families before falling into...
, late 15th century, Lancashire, England -- English TudorTudor style architectureThe Tudor architectural style is the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period and even beyond, for conservative college patrons...
manor house transplanted to Richmond and reconstructed by Thomas C. Williams, Jr. in 1925 - The AnchorageThe Anchorage (Kilmarnock, Virginia)Located in Northumberland County, seven miles outside of Kilmarnock, Virginia, near to Wicomico Church, Virginia, The Anchorage was built in 1749 as a two and half story home with a gambrel roof and then extended in the 1840s, including basement foundation...
1749, Northumberland County - Arlington House (the Custis-Lee Mansion)Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee MemorialArlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, formerly named the Custis-Lee Mansion, is a Greek revival style mansion located in Arlington, Virginia, USA that was once the home of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It overlooks the Potomac River, directly across from the National Mall in Washington,...
, 1802, Arlington County —- home of Robert E. LeeRobert E. LeeRobert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.... - Ash GroveAsh Grove (plantation)Ash Grove is an 18th century plantation house in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. In 1790, Bryan Fairfax built Ash Grove on Leesburg Pike, 2 miles west of Tysons Corner, Virginia for his son, Thomas Fairfax....
, 1790, Fairfax County -- home of Thomas FairfaxThomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of CameronThomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron , son of Bryan Fairfax. Thomas Fairfax, with his father, on December 11, 1799, was among the last guests at Mount Vernon, before Washington died....
, and Henry FairfaxHenry FairfaxAdmiral Sir Henry Fairfax, KCB, FRGS was a Royal Navy officer who went on to serve as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. He was the third son of Sir Henry Fairfax, 1st Baronet.-Naval career:... - Ash Lawn-HighlandAsh Lawn-HighlandAsh Lawn–Highland, located near Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, and adjacent to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, was the estate of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States. Purchased in 1793, Monroe and his family permanently settled on the property in 1799 and lived at Ash Lawn–Highland...
, 1799, Albemarle County -- home of James MonroeJames MonroeJames Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation... - Bacon's CastleBacon's CastleBacon's Castle, also variously known as "Allen's Brick House" or the "Arthur Allen House" is located in Surry County, Virginia, USA, and is one of the oldest dateable brick buildings in Virginia....
, 1665, Surry County — only Jacobean great houses in the U.S., used as a stronghold in Bacon's RebellionBacon's RebellionBacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony in North America, led by a 29-year-old planter, Nathaniel Bacon.About a thousand Virginians rose because they resented Virginia Governor William Berkeley's friendly policies towards the Native Americans... - Belle Air PlantationBelle Air PlantationBelle Air Plantation is an estate located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia, USA. It is located along State Route 5, a scenic byway which runs between the independent cities of Richmond and Williamsburg...
, c. 1670, Prince William CountyPrince William County, Virginia-National protected areas:* Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge* Manassas National Battlefield Park* Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge* Prince William Forest Park-Government and politics:...
— the most prominent feature of the extinct town of MinnievilleMinnieville, VirginiaMinnieville is an extinct unincorporated town that was once located in Prince William County, Virginia. The Minnieville post office stood at the corner of what is now known as Minnieville Road and Cardinal Drive from 1884 to 1924... - Bell HouseBell House (Colonial Beach, Virginia)Bell House in Colonial Beach, Virginia was a summer home of Alexander Graham Bell. It was built in 1883 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987....
, 1882, Westmoreland County — summer home of Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.... - Belle GroveBelle Grove PlantationBelle Grove, also known as Belle Grove Plantation, was a plantation and elaborate Greek Revival and Italianate-style plantation mansion near White Castle in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Completed in 1857, it was one of the largest mansions ever built in the South, surpassing that of the...
, 1790s, Pittsylvania County - a FederalFederal architectureFederal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
style home owned by the Whitmell P. TunstallWhitmell P. TunstallWhitmell Pugh Tunstall was a lawyer and state legislator in Chatham, Virginia. He was the long-time advocate most responsible for the creation of the Richmond and Danville Railroad which was completed in 1856....
family - Belle GroveBelle Grove (Port Conway, Virginia)Belle Grove is a historic plantation located on U.S. 301 in Port Conway, Virginia. The present plantation house was built in 1790.James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, on Belle Grove plantation in an earlier house which is no longer in existence...
, 1790, King George County - a house in Port Conway, birthplace of James Madison - Belle GroveCedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical ParkCedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park became the 388th unit of the United States National Park Service when it was authorized on December 19, 2002...
, 1797, Frederick County - a house in Middletown, home of Dolley Madison's sister and a National Trust Historic Site - Belroi home, birthplace of Walter ReedWalter ReedMajor Walter Reed, M.D., was a U.S. Army physician who in 1900 led the team that postulated and confirmed the theory that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species, rather than by direct contact...
, in Belroi, Virginia - BelvoirBelvoir (plantation)Belvoir was the historic plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. It was situated on the west bank of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia at the present site of Fort Belvoir. The main house — called Belvoir Manor or Belvoir Mansion — burnt in 1783...
, 1741, Fairfax County — home of Col. William FairfaxWilliam FairfaxWilliam Fairfax was a political appointee of the English Crown and a politician: he was Collector of Customs in Barbados, and Chief Justice and governor of the Bahamas; he served as Customs agent in Marblehead, Massachusetts before being reassigned to the Virginia colony. There he was elected to...
, Bryan FairfaxBryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of CameronBryan Fairfax , 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, boyhood friend of George Washington, became the first American-born member of the house of Lords.-Biography:...
, Sally FairfaxSally FairfaxSally Cary Fairfax was the wife of George William Fairfax , a prominent member of the landed gentry of late colonial Virginia. As such, she was mistress of the Virginia plantation and estate of Belvoir... - Berkeley PlantationBerkeley PlantationBerkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, comprises about on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred and named after one of its founders of the 1618 land grant, Richard Berkeley...
, 1726, Charles City County — home of the Harrison family (Benjamin Harrison VBenjamin Harrison VBenjamin Harrison V was an American planter and revolutionary leader from Charles City County, Virginia. He earned his higher education at the College of William and Mary, and he was perhaps the first figure in the Harrison family to gain national attention...
; birthplace of William Henry HarrisonWilliam Henry HarrisonWilliam Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the...
) - Berry Hill PlantationBerry Hill PlantationBerry Hill Plantation, also known simply as Berry Hill, is located in Halifax County, Virginia, USA, near South Boston. It was one of the largest plantations to ever exist in Virginia. The plantation was originally owned by Isaac Coles, and began using black slaves in 1803. In 1814 and 1841, the...
, 1835, Halifax County — home of the Bruce family - Brandon PlantationLower Brandon PlantationLower Brandon Plantation is located on the south shore of the James River in present-day Prince George County, Virginia....
, c. 1765, Prince George County — home of the Harrison family - Brompton, 1824, Fredericksburg, - 19th century mansion, home of the President of the University of Mary Washington
- Carlyle HouseCarlyle HouseCarlyle House is a historic mansion in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, built by Scottish merchant John Carlyle in 1751-53. It is situated in the city’s Old Town on North Fairfax Street between Cameron and King Streets....
, 1753, Alexandria - home of John CarlyleJohn Carlyle (merchant)John Carlyle was a Scottish merchant who immigrated to British Colony of Virginia and became a leading landowner and social and political figure in Northern Virginia...
, Scottish merchant - Carter's GroveCarter's GroveCarter's Grove, also known as Carter's Grove Plantation, is a 750 acre plantation located on the north shore of the James River in the Grove Community of southeastern James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia in the US.The plantation was built for...
, 1755, James City County — home of the Burwell family - Castle HillCastle Hill (Virginia)Castle Hill , is an historic, plantation located at the foot of the Southwest Mountains in Albemarle County, Virginia, near Monticello and the city of Charlottesville, recognized by the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. Castle Hill was the beloved home of Dr...
, 1764, Albemarle County -- home of Thomas Walker (explorer)Thomas Walker (explorer)Dr. Thomas Walker was a physician and explorer from Virginia who led an expedition to what is now the region beyond the Allegheny Mountains area of British North America in the mid-18th century...
and William Cabell RivesWilliam Cabell RivesWilliam Cabell Rives was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Albemarle County, Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Jackson Democrat in both the U.S. House and Senate and also served as the U.S. minister to France.... - Chatham ManorChatham ManorChatham Manor is the Georgian-style home completed in 1771 by William Fitzhugh, after about 3 years of construction, on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, opposite Fredericksburg. It was for more than a century the center of a large, thriving plantation. Flanking the main house...
, 1768, Stafford County — home of William FitzhughWilliam FitzhughWilliam Fitzhugh was an American planter and statesman who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for Virginia in 1779. -Life:... - Court ManorCourt ManorCourt Manor is an early Greek Revival manor house and estate in Rockingham County, Virginia, located south of the town of New Market. With its stately manor house and prime location in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, Court Manor has long been regarded as "one of the finest estates in the...
, c. 1812, Rockingham County - early Greek-Revival manor house, former home of Willis Sharpe KilmerWillis Sharpe KilmerWillis Sharpe Kilmer , son of Jonas M. Kilmer and Julia E. Sharpe, was a marketing pioneer, newspaperman, and horse breeder. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Cornell University in 1890. Kilmer was perhaps best known for advertising and promoting his uncle's Swamp Root patent medicine... - FrascatiFrascati (Somerset, Virginia)Frascati is an early 19th-century Federal-style plantation near Somerset in Orange County, Virginia. Frascati was the residence of Philip Pendleton Barbour, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and statesman.-History:...
, 1821, Orange County, - home of U.S. Supreme Court justice Philip Pendleton BarbourPhilip Pendleton BarbourPhilip Pendleton Barbour was a U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the brother of Virginia governor and U.S. Secretary of War James Barbour as well as the first cousin of John S. Barbour and first cousin, once removed of John S... - Ferry Plantation HouseFerry Plantation House-External links:* - official site****...
c. 1830, Virginia Beach — Civil War Home of USN/CSN Cmdr. Charles Fleming McIntosh - Green Spring PlantationGreen Spring PlantationGreen Spring Plantation in James City County about five miles west of Williamsburg, was the 17th century plantation of one of the more popular governors of Colonial Virginia in North America, Sir William Berkeley, and his second wife....
, James City County - home of governor Sir William Berkeley site of Bacon's rebellionBacon's RebellionBacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony in North America, led by a 29-year-old planter, Nathaniel Bacon.About a thousand Virginians rose because they resented Virginia Governor William Berkeley's friendly policies towards the Native Americans...
, ruins - The Governor's PalaceGovernor's PalaceThe Governor's Palace, home of the Colony of Virginia's Royal Governors as well as Virginia's post colonial governors, is located on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is one of the two largest buildings at Colonial Williamsburg, the other being the Capitol...
, Williamsburg - home of Virginia's colonial governors, reconstruction - Gunston HallGunston HallGunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, United States of America. The house was the home of the United States Founding Father George Mason. It was located at the center of a 5500 acre plantation...
, 1755, Fairfax County — home of George MasonGeorge MasonGeorge Mason IV was an American Patriot, statesman and a delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention... - Hartwood Manor, 1848, Hartwood - An unusual example of Gothic Revival architectureGothic Revival architectureThe Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
, constructed by Julia and Ariel Foote. - Hidden Springs, 1804, Rockingham County — home of the John Hite II
- The John Marshall House, 1788, Richmond - home of John MarshallJohn MarshallJohn Marshall was the Chief Justice of the United States whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches...
- Kenmore PlantationKenmore PlantationKenmore, perhaps also known as Kenmore Plantation, was the home of Fielding Lewis in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Fielding was married to Betty Washington Lewis, the sister of George Washington. The house was built in the 1770s on a plantation. The property was purchased by the Gordon family in 1819...
, 1770s, Fredericksburg — home of George Washington's sister Betty Lewis - Lowland Cottage, 1666, Gloucester County- home of Robert Bristow
- The Manse, 1846, Augusta County - birthplace of Woodrow WilsonWoodrow WilsonThomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
- Maymont, 1893, Richmond - home of James H. DooleyJames H. DooleyJames Henry Dooley was a Virginia lawyer, business leader, and philanthropist based in Richmond during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age.-Biography:...
- MonticelloMonticelloMonticello is a National Historic Landmark just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia; it is...
, 1768, Albemarle County — home of Thomas JeffersonThomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia... - MontpelierMontpelier (James Madison)Montpelier was a large tobacco plantation and estate of the prominent Madison family of Virginia planters, including James Madison, fourth President of the United States. The manor house of Montpelier is four miles south of Orange, Virginia, and the estate currently covers some...
, c. 1764, Orange County — home of James MadisonJames MadisonJames Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...
and a National Trust Historic Site - Morven ParkMorven ParkMorven Park is an estate in Leesburg, Virginia, USA, that includes the Westmoreland Davis Mansion and the Winmill Carriage Museum. The gardens are open to the public at no charge. The park is also home to the Museum of Hounds and Hunting, with displays of art, artifacts and memorabilia about the...
, 1781, Loudoun County - home of Governor Westmorland Davis and location of the founding of Southern Planter (now Southern LivingSouthern LivingSouthern Living is a widely read lifestyle magazine aimed at readers in the Southern United States featuring recipes, house plans, and information about Southern culture and travel...
) magazine - Mount VernonMount Vernon (plantation)Mount Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first President of the United States, George Washington. The mansion is built of wood in neoclassical Georgian architectural style, and the estate is located on the banks of the Potomac River.Mount Vernon was designated...
, 1741, Fairfax County — home of Lawrence WashingtonLawrence WashingtonLawrence Washington may refer to:*Lawrence Washington , great-great-grandfather of George Washington*Lawrence Washington , grandfather of George Washington*Lawrence Washington , George Washington's half-brother and mentor...
and his half-brother George WashingtonGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of... - North Bend PlantationNorth Bend PlantationNorth Bend Plantation is an estate located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. It is located along State Route 5, a scenic byway which runs between the independent cities of Richmond and Williamsburg.-History:...
, 1819, Charles City County - family home of the Harrison family - Oak Hill, 1822, Loudoun County — home of James MonroeJames MonroeJames Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...
after Ash Lawn-HighlandAsh Lawn-HighlandAsh Lawn–Highland, located near Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, and adjacent to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, was the estate of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States. Purchased in 1793, Monroe and his family permanently settled on the property in 1799 and lived at Ash Lawn–Highland... - OatlandsOatlands PlantationOatlands Plantation is an estate located in Leesburg, Virginia. Oatlands is operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark...
, 1804, Loudoun County - Plantation belonging to the Carters of Virginia, a National Trust Historic Site - Old Mansion, c. 1669, Caroline County - home of the Hoome family
- The Peyton Randolph House, 1715, Williamsburg -- home of Peyton RandolphPeyton RandolphPeyton Randolph was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, chairman of the Virginia Conventions, and the first President of the Continental Congress.-Early life:Randolph was born in Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia...
- Piney Grove at Southall's PlantationPiney Grove at Southall's PlantationPiney Grove at Southall's Plantation is a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Charles City County, Virginia. The scale and character of the collection of domestic architecture at this site recalls the vernacular architectural traditions of the eighteenth, nineteenth and...
, c. 1790, Charles City County - home of the Southall family - Poplar ForestPoplar ForestPoplar Forest was Thomas Jefferson's plantation and plantation house in what is now Forest, Virginia, near Lynchburg. He designed it and treated it as a private retreat, working on it from 1806 until his death 20 years later. "It is the most valuable of my possessions," Jefferson once wrote a...
, 1806, Bedford County -- retreat home of Thomas JeffersonThomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia... - Rippon LodgeRippon LodgeRippon Lodge is the oldest house still extant in Prince William County, Virginia. Built ca. 1747 by Richard Blackburn, it lies on high ground overlooking Neabsco Creek at the south end of what is now the unincorporated town of Woodbridge at 15520 Blackburn Road...
, c. 1747, Prince William County — home of the Blackburn family - Sara Myers House, 1790, Old Town District of Fredericksburg
- Russell House and StoreRussell House and StoreRussell House and Store is a 19th century historic building located in Dale City, Virginia. The building is now used as a restaurant, the Daks Grill.Inscription:...
, early 19th-century house and store at Dale CityDale City, VirginiaDale City is an unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census designated place , the community had a total population of 63,616 according to the 2006 American Community Survey.... - Selma Plantation House, 1811, Loudoun County - Leesburg
- ScotchtownScotchtown (plantation)Scotchtown is a plantation located in Hanover County, Virginia, that was once owned and used as a residence by Patrick Henry, revolutionary and first Governor of Virginia. It is located in Beaverdam, Virginia, northwest of Ashland, Virginia on VA 685...
, c. 1730, Hanover County — home of Patrick HenryPatrick HenryPatrick Henry was an orator and politician who led the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 and subsequently, from 1784 to 1786... - Seven SpringsSeven Springs (Enfield, Virginia)Seven Springs, situated on the Mehixen Swamp near the Pamunkey River in upper King William County, Virginia, is an historic home. Set in rolling farm country near the town of Manquin, the property lies within a community rich in colonial, revolutionary, and civil war history.-Early History:The...
, c. 1725, King William County — home of the Dabney family - Sherwood ForestSherwood Forest PlantationSherwood Forest Plantation, also known as John Tyler House, is located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. It is located on State Route 5, a scenic byway which runs between the independent cities of Richmond and Williamsburg...
, c. 1720, Charles City County — home of John TylerJohn TylerJohn Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor... - Shirley PlantationShirley PlantationShirley Plantation is an estate located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. It is located on State Route 5, a scenic byway which runs between the independent cities of Richmond and Williamsburg...
, 1723, Charles City County — home of the Carter family - Stratford Hall PlantationStratford Hall PlantationStratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, was the home of four generations of the Lee family of Virginia, including two signers of the Declaration of Independence, and it was the birthplace of Robert Edward Lee , who became the Confederate General-in-chief during the American...
, 1730, Westmoreland County — home of the Lee family (Thomas LeeThomas LeeThomas Lee may refer to:*Hon. Thomas Lee , early Virginian colonist, and builder of "Stratford Hall Plantation*Thomas Lee , English neoclassical architect...
; birthplace of Richard Henry LeeRichard Henry LeeRichard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...
and Robert E. LeeRobert E. LeeRobert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....
) - SwannanoaSwannanoa (mansion)Swannanoa is an Italianate villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley above Rockfish Gap in northern Nelson County, Virginia, USA...
, 1912, Augusta County - retreat home of James H. DooleyJames H. DooleyJames Henry Dooley was a Virginia lawyer, business leader, and philanthropist based in Richmond during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age.-Biography:... - Wakefield, Westmoreland County — birthplace of George WashingtonGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
, recreation - WestoverWestover PlantationWestover Plantation is located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. It is located south of State Route 5, a scenic byway which runs between the independent cities of Richmond and Williamsburg...
, c. 1755, Charles City County — family home of the Byrds (William Byrd IIWilliam Byrd IIColonel William Byrd II was a planter, slave-owner and author from Charles City County, Virginia. He is considered the founder of Richmond, Virginia.-Biography:...
) - Wilton HouseWilton House MuseumWilton House Museum is a museum located in a historic house located in Richmond, Virginia. Wilton House was constructed circa 1753 in a Georgian style by William Randolph III, son of William Randolph II, of Turkey Island. Wilton was constructed as a tobacco plantation and located along the north...
, 1753, Richmond — home of the Randolph family (William Randolph III) - Wilton Plantation, 1763, Middlesex — home of the Churchill family
- WoodlawnWoodlawn PlantationWoodlawn Plantation is a historic home located in Fairfax County, Virginia, and was originally a part of Mount Vernon, George Washington's historic plantation estate....
, 1805, Fairfax County — home of George Washington's niece and nephew, and a National Trust Historic Site - The Wythe House, Williamsburg — home of George WytheGeorge WytheGeorge Wythe was an American lawyer, a judge, a prominent law professor and "Virginia's foremost classical scholar." He was a teacher and mentor of Thomas Jefferson. Wythe's signature is positioned at the head of the list of seven Virginia signatories on the United States Declaration of Independence...