Leesylvania was an eighteenth-century plantation and family home in Prince William County, Virginia, built around 1750 as the residence of Henry Lee II, whose sons Henry Light-Horse Harry Lee III, Richard Bland Lee and Charles Lee went on to prominent roles in Virginia and early federal politics. Enslaved people worked the estate's tobacco crops. Most of the original house was destroyed during a 1950s road-construction project, and only foundation remnants survive today within Leesylvania State Park, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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Building TypePlantation and historic home 1 LocationPrince William County, Virginia 1 Completed Year Classification
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Leesylvania was a plantation and historic home in Prince William County, Virginia, now part of Leesylvania State Park.
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Leesylvania was a plantation and historic home in Prince William County, Virginia
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What remained of the plantation house was destroyed in the 1950s when a road was constructed for the Freestone Point Resort.
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completion_date/completed = c. 1750
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