Stafford Hall
253 Great House Rd, Stratford, VA 22558, USA
Virginia, USA
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EST. 1738
EST. 1738
1732–1794
Lee, Francis Lightfoot
Lee, Richard Henry Lee
Washington, George
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Stafford Hall.
The historic Stafford family residence survives as a privately maintained plantation house near the Potomac River. Its Georgian architecture, interior woodwork, dependencies, cemetery, archaeological resources, and surrounding rural landscape preserve elements of the property’s colonial appearance, although ordinary public access is limited.
About Stafford Hall
Thomas Lee (1690–1750) was a Virginian who served as acting Governor of the colony and was a strong advocate for westward expansion. Lee purchased the land for Stratford Hall in 1717, aware of its agricultural and commercial potential as a waterfront site. Construction of the Georgian Great House did not begin until the late 1730s. Designed by an unknown architect, the brick Great House is a two-story H-shaped structure, surrounded on four corners by attending outbuildings, all of which still stand today.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Stafford Hall
Amid this busy world, Thomas Lee and his wife Hannah Harrison Ludwell (1701–1749) raised eight children, six sons, and two daughters. His eldest son, Philip Ludwell Lee Sr., Esquire (1727–1775), inherited Stratford Hall. Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794) and Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797) were delegates from Virginia to the Second Continental Congress and signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. Richard Henry was later instrumental in guiding the fledgling nation, serving as President of the Continental Congress in 1784–85. Thomas Ludwell Lee, active in local politics, served as a Virginian legislator and helped compose the Virginia Declaration of Rights. William Lee (1739–1795) and Dr. Arthur Lee (1740–1792) were diplomats to Kingdom of Great Britain during the turbulent struggle for American independence. Hannah Lee was an early proponent of women's rights, and Alice Lee married the prominent physician William Shippen Jr. (1736–1808) of Philadelphia.
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