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Mount Airy Plantation
- Address: US 360
- Vicinity: W of Warsaw
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1758/00/00 | John Ariss | Architect | Construction begins Mount Airy using a mixture of enslaved and indentured laborers combined with highly-talented masons and woodworkers. | |||
| 1764/00/00 | Col John Tayloe II | Home | Mount Airy main house is completed for Colonel John Tayloe II. The plantation operates as a horse stud farm. | |||
| 1765/00/00 | Col John Tayloe II | Home | John Tayloe II breeds race horses at his Mount Airy Plantation, including: Sir Archy, Selima and Grey Diomed. The original stable and a few outbuildings, including a smokehouse and dairy - ice house, survive. | Thoroughbred Horse Racing in America | ||
| 1765/03/05 | Sarah Tayloe Washington | Born | Rebecca Plater Tayloe, wife of Hon John Tayloe, gives birth to a daughter, Sarah "Sally" Tayloe. | |||
| 1769/05/25 | Francis Lightfoot Lee | Groom | Rebecca Tayloe marries Francis Lightfoot Lee. The couple will live at Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia until Menokin is completed. | Marriage of Francis Lightfoot Lee and Rebecca Tayloe | ||
| 1769/05/25 | Rebecca Tayloe Lee | Bride | Rebecca Tayloe marries Francis Lightfoot Lee. The couple will live at Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia until Menokin is completed. | Marriage of Francis Lightfoot Lee and Rebecca Tayloe | ||
| 1770/04/11 | Landon Carter | Visitor | Frank Lee tells Landon Carter that he has entirely laid aside all thoughts of a crop of tobacco at Menokin for this year to instead make use of his hands to build agricultural buildings. | |||
| 1771/08/00 | Francis Lightfoot Lee | life | Frank Lee writes from Mount Airy to his brother William: In three or four weeks I shall be under my own vine and shall remember to drink health and every blessing to my dear connections in London, William Lee and his wife. | |||
| 1797/04/00 | Francis Lightfoot Lee | In Memoriam | Francis Lightfoot Lee is buried in the Tayloe Cemetery at Mt Airy. | |||
| 1797/04/00 | Rebecca Tayloe Lee | In Memoriam | Rebecca Tayloe Lee is buried in the Tayloe Cemetery at Mt Airy. | |||
| 1815/06/20 | Henry G S Key | Groom | Henrietta Hill Tayloe marries Henry Greenfield Sothoron Key at Mt Airy, Richmond, Virginia. | |||
| 1815/06/20 | Henrietta Hill Tayloe Key | Bride | Henrietta Hill Tayloe marries Henry Greenfield Sothoron Key at Mt Airy, Richmond, Virginia. |
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| Particulars for Mount Airy Plantation: | |
|---|---|
| Architectural Style | Adamesque |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Architectural Style | Palladian |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |