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Menokin

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Menokin, also known as the Francis Lightfoot Lee House, is a Georgian plantation house near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia, built in 1769 for Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lightfoot Lee as a wedding gift from his father-in-law, Colonel John Tayloe II. The house survives today largely in ruins, though it retains roughly 80 percent of its original stonework, brick, framing and interior woodwork across its 590-acre grounds, and the Menokin Foundation has developed a restoration plan that fills missing sections with structural glass rather than traditional reconstruction. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971.

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Plantation 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Virginia, United States 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1769 1
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Standing 1
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Plantation 1
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1. Menokin (Wikipedia)
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  • Architectural significance
    In 1971, Menokin was designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
  • Infobox: built
    1769
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field
    Menokin, also known as Francis Lightfoot Lee House, was the plantation of Francis Lightfoot Lee near Warsaw, Virginia, built for him by his wife's father, Col. John Tayloe II, of nearby Mount Airy, the wealthiest planter in the country. Lee, a Founding Father, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Menokin was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971. Historic American
  • In Style: Georgian Architecture, Infobox: architecture
    Georgian
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2. Menokin (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q6817238, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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