{"nrhp_refnum":"66000851","name":"Stratford Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Lerty on VA 214","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lerty","county":"Westmoreland County","state":"VA","lat":38.153074452000055,"lon":-76.8399532196324,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1961-06-30","areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Stratford Hall is an early Georgian H-plan brick mansion with four original service dependencies on a 1,164-acre estate in Westmoreland County, Virginia, about 3 miles north of Lerty. Col. Thomas Lee built it in the period 1725-30, according to the form.","why_significant":"The form calls it of major importance both historically and architecturally. It was the birthplace of Robert E. Lee and of the Declaration signers Richard Henry and Francis Lightfoot Lee, and it was home to many other Virginia officials and Revolutionary leaders. Architecturally it is a notable early Georgian house with unusual features, including paired chimney stacks joined by arches and a monumental great hall.","narrative":"Stratford Hall is a large brick plantation house in Westmoreland County, Virginia, built by Col. Thomas Lee in the period 1725-30 on part of a 16,000-acre estate. The mansion has an H-plan with a raised basement, and it lacks the pilasters and other academic details common in its period. Its most distinctive features are twin sets of four chimney stacks on the wings, joined by arches and enclosing balustraded roof-decks, and a monumental great hall of notable formality. Four original service dependencies flank the house. The property is best known as the birthplace of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and it was also the birthplace of Richard Henry and Francis Lightfoot Lee, both signers of the Declaration of Independence. Many other officials, burgesses, governors, diplomats and military leaders were born or lived there. The remaining 1,164 acres operate as a historic house museum and eighteenth-century plantation, with restored formal gardens, walks and walls.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Col. Thomas Lee (builder)","architectural_style":"Early Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and maintained as a historic house museum and operating eighteenth-century plantation; formal gardens restored. Later photo captions show warped paneling and spalling plaster.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.968932-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/6791/41679170/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/66000851_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000851/c3562a63dd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000851/c3562a63dd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Westwoodking","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stratfordpotomacfront2011.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Westwoodking</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stratfordpotomacfront2011.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679170","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_Hall_(plantation)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q569047"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/westmoreland-county/stratford-hall-66000851/"}