Lee Hall Mansion is a historic brick plantation house near the junction of U.S. 60 and Virginia 238 in Newport News, Virginia, built between 1848 and 1859 for planter Richard Decatur Lee, for whom the mansion and the surrounding community were named. During the 1862 Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War the house served as headquarters for Confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Magruder. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, the mansion is now open to the public as a museum while its former kitchen building serves as staff offices.
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Lee Hall Mansion was used as headquarters for Confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Magruder during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War in 1862. Nearby is Endview Plantation, a 238-year-old house.
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Lee Hall or Lee Hall Mansion is a historic brick plantation house that was built during the period from 1848 to 1859. The community of Lee Hall, Virginia, is named for it. The house and village are located near the junction of U.S. 60 and VA 238, in Newport News, Virginia.
The current 12.29-acre (4.97 ha) property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The listed proper
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Wikidata item Q14712697, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Lee Hall Mansion (Virginia Landmarks Register 121-0016)
Virginia Department of Historic ResourcesIn Style: Italianate Architecture, Virginia Landmarks Register descriptionQuote, In Style: Italianate Architecture, Virginia Landmarks Register description
Lee Hall is a stately Italianate plantation house built in what is now the northern part of the city of Newport News ca. 1850 for Richard Decatur Lee.
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