James Monroe Family Home Site

Significant dates
James Monroe Family Home Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Obelisk at the James Monroe Family Home Site, October 2010

Location	4460 James Monroe Highway, Colonial Beach, Virginia
Coordinates	38°14′31″N 76°59′27″W / 38.24194°N 76.99083°W / 38.24194; -76.99083Coordinates: 38°14′31″N 76°59′27″W / 38.24194°N 76.99083°W / 38.24194; -76.99083
Area	74.8 acres (30.3 ha)
Built	1758 (1758)
Built by	Grigg, Milton
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference #	79003095, 08000285 (Boundary Increase)^[1]
VLR #	096-0046
Added to NRHP	July 24, 1979, April 10, 2008 (Boundary Increase)
Designated VLR	December 21, 1976, December 5, 2007^[2]

James Monroe Family Home Site, also known as James Monroe's Birthplace, is a historic archaeological site located near Oak Grove and Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The site includes the ruins of the Monroe Family Home and birthplace of President James Monroe (1758-1831), which were uncovered in 1976, by a team from the College of William & Mary. Monroe spent his entire youth working the farm until he left for his education at the College of William & Mary. The archaeological team uncovered a house foundation measuring 20 feet by 58 feet. The known 1845 etchings of the birth home indicate a small four room, rough cut wooden farm house with few outbuildings on a 500-acre farm filled with wetlands. The archaeological study clearly indicated that James Monroe's beginnings were humble. On April 4, 2005, Westmoreland County signed a 99-year lease with the James Monroe Memorial Foundation which will allow the Foundation to restore the Birthplace farmhouse, establish an educational visitor center, and remain the faithful steward of the Birthplace farm.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with a boundary increase in 2008.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
↑ "The James Monroe Memorial Foundation: James Monroe Birthplace". The James Monroe Memorial Foundation.

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James Monroe

5th President of the United States (1817–1825) 5th U.S. Secretary of State (1811–1817) United States Secretary of War (1814–1815) Governor of Virginia (1799–1802, 1811) United States Minister to the United Kingdom (1803–1808) United States Minister to France (1794–1796) United States Senator from Virginia (1790–1794) Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Virginia (1783–1786)

Founding events	Virginia Ratifying Convention Founding Fathers

Presidency	First inauguration Second inauguration Florida Treaty Treaty of 1818 Panic of 1819 Era of Good Feelings Missouri Compromise Seminole Wars Monroe Doctrine Tariff of 1824 State of the Union Address, 1824 Cabinet Federal judiciary appointments

Other noted accomplisments	Negotiated the Louisiana Purchase Monroe–Pinkney Treaty War of 1812

Life	Early life and career Birthplace and boyhood home Revolutionary War service Battle of Trenton Monroe Hill home and office James Monroe Law Office, Museum, and Memorial Library Ash Lawn–Highland Oak Hill James Monroe Tomb

Elections	U.S. Senate election, 1790 1792 Governor of Virginia election, 1799 U.S. presidential election, 1808 1816 1820

Legacy and popular culture	Monrovia, capital of Liberia List of places named for James Monroe Monroe, Michigan Monroe, Georgia Monroe County, Kentucky Monroe County, New York Monroe Township, New Jersey U.S. postage stamps Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar

Related	Virginia Dynasty Monroe on slavery American Colonization Society

Family	Elizabeth Kortright (wife) George Hay (son-in-law) Samuel L. Gouverneur (son-in-law) Spence Monroe (father) Elizabeth Jones (mother)

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