originally from 1655, the existing brick building was constructed in 1706. The church is carefully preserved and maintained by an active congregation. Yeocomico is open to visitors on tour day. Westmoreland County Museum
and Library, 43 Court Square, Montross 22520, was built in 1937-39 to house the early American artist Charles Wilson Peale’s portrait of William Pitt (1768). Exhibits reflect the life and times of historic county residents. Noted landscape architect Charles F. Gillette designed the museum’s Colonial Revival garden, one of only two of his designs in the Northern Neck. Open Mon. through Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (804) 493-8440. Stratford Hall, 483 Great House Rd., Stratford, VA 22558. Thomas Lee, a Virginia planter and patriot, had the impressive H-shaped Great House built c. 1738. Stratford Hall was the boyhood home of the only two brothers to sign the Declaration of Independence, Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee and the birthplace of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. During the period of 1930–34, the Garden Club of Virginia restored the east garden. A Virginia Historic Landmark and a National Historic Landmark. Open daily 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (804) 493-8038.
www.stratfordhall.org. George Washington Birthplace National Monument, 1732 Popes Creek Rd., Colonial Beach, VA 22443. The first National Park Service historical park, this includes the archeological site of George Washington’s birth house, a Memorial House, Colonial Kitchen and Garden filled with period plantings in an 18th century farm setting. Visitor center, trails and picnic area are all available at no charge. (804) 224-1732.
www.nps.gov/gewa. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Oak
Grove. Intersection of Rte. 3 (King’s Hwy.) and Rte. 205 (James Monroe Hwy.) Established in 1653, the present Gothic Revival style church was consecrated by the Rev. John Johns in 1849. It was built at a crossing, away from the rivers for “health considerations.” Names of both Confederate and Union soldiers are written on the walls, indicating occupation by both sides at various times during the Civil War. James Monroe Birthplace National Monument. Off Rte. 3 on Rte. 205, 4.6 mi. west of Oak Grove. The exact
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location of the birthplace of the nation’s fifth president remained elusive until recently. In 1976 an archeological dig unearthed remnants of a brick house with a cellar, fireplace, dependencies and artifacts. Monrovia has been added to the Register of Historic Places. www.
monroefoundation.org. Historic Christ Church. From
Kilmarnock, take Rte. 200 S and turn
right on Rte. 646 (Christ Church Rd.). Completed in 1735, Christ Church is considered one of the best preserved and most finely crafted of Colonial Virginia’s Anglican Parish Churches. The landscape setting is a Garden Club of Virginia restoration project with funding from Historic Garden Week tours. (804) 438- 6855.
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