Historic houses in Virginia
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As 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, Virginia has many historic houses.
[edit] List of historic houses in Virginia
- Agecroft Hall, Richmond -- English Tudor manor house transplanted and reconstructed by Thomas C. Williams, Jr.
- Arlington House (the Custis-Lee Mansion), Arlington County — home of Robert E. Lee
- Ash Lawn-Highland, Albemarle County -- home of James Monroe
- Bacon's Castle, Surry County — used as a stronghold in Bacon's Rebellion
- Belle Air Plantation, Prince William County — the most prominent feature of the extinct town of Minnieville
- Bell House, Westmoreland County — summer home of Alexander Graham Bell
- Belle Grove, Pittsylvania County - a 1790's Federal style home [1]
- Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County — home of the Harrison family (Benjamin Harrison V; birthplace of William Henry Harrison)
- Berry Hill Plantation, Halifax County — home of the Bruce family
- Brandon Plantation, Prince George County — home of the Harrison family
- Brompton, Fredericksburg - 18th century mansion, home of the President of the University of Mary Washington
- Carter's Grove, James City County — home of the Burwell family
- Chatham Manor, Stafford County — home of William Fitzhugh
- Ferry Plantation House (c. 1830), Virginia Beach — Civil War Home of USN/CSN Cmdr. Charles Fleming McIntosh, CSN Ironclad, the CSS Louisiana
- The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg -- home of Virginia's colonial governors
- Gunston Hall, Fairfax County — home of George Mason
- Hartwood Manor, Hartwood - An unusual example of Gothic Revival architecture, constructed in 1848 by Julia and Ariel Foote.
- Hidden Springs, Rockingham County — home of the John Hite II
- The John Marshall House, Richmond - home of John Marshall
- Kenmore Plantation, Fredericksburg — home of George Washington's sister Betty Lewis
- Maymont, Richmond - home of James H. Dooley
- Monticello, Albemarle County — home of Thomas Jefferson
- Montpelier, Orange County — home of James Madison
- Morven Park, Loudoun County - home of Governor Westmorland Davis and location of the founding of Southern Planter (now Southern Living) magazine
- Mount Vernon, Fairfax County — home of George Washington
- North Bend Plantation, Charles City County - family home of the Harrison family
- Oak Hill, Loudoun County — home of James Monroe after Ash Lawn-Highland
- Oatlands, Loudoun County - Plantation belonging to the Carters of Virginia
- Old Mansion, Caroline County - home of the Hoome family
- The Peyton Randolph House, Williamsburg -- home of Peyton Randolph
- Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation, Charles City County - home of the Southall family
- Poplar Forest, Bedford County -- retreat home of Thomas Jefferson
- Rippon Lodge, Prince William County — home of the Blackburn family
- The Sara Myers House-The building was originally a slave house dating from 1790. Converted into a small manor house in 1840. Located in the Old Town District of Fredericksburg
- Selma Plantation House, Loudoun County - Leesburg
- Scotchtown, Hanover County — home of Patrick Henry
- Sherwood Forest, Charles City County — home of John Tyler
- Shirley Plantation, Charles City County — home of the Carter family
- Stratford Hall Plantation, Westmoreland County — home of the Lee family (Thomas Lee; birthplace of Richard Henry Lee and Robert E. Lee)
- Swannanoa, Augusta County - retreat home of James H. Dooley
- Wakefield, Westmoreland County — birthplace of George Washington
- Westover, Charles City County — family home of the Byrds (William Byrd II)
- Wilton House, Richmond — home of the Randolph family (William Randolph III)
- Wilton Plantation, Middlesex — home of the Churchill family
- Woodlawn, Fairfax County — home of George Washington's nephew
- The Wythe House, Williamsburg — home of George Wythe
