Liberty Hall Site

  • Also Known As: Liberty Hall Academy

  • Address: W Denny Circle
  • Vicinity: Marker at US Rt 60
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1793/00/00 A new three-story stone building is erected for the Liberty Hall Academy.
1796/00/00 George Washington Benefactor George Washington endows the Liberty Hall Academy with a gift of $20,000 worth of James River Canal stock.
1800/01/20 George Washington Benefactor In his will, Washington gives stocks to finance a school to educate orphans, 50 shares in the Potomac Co for a University in the District of Columbia (not established) and 100 shares in the James River Co for the use and benefit of Liberty Hall Academy.
1803/00/00 After the roof of the main school building catches fire and destroys the interior, Liberty Hall Academy relocates to its present location in Lexington, where it is now known as Washington and Lee University.

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Particulars for Liberty Hall Site:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Higher Learning College
Cultural Affiliation Early American
Area of Significance Education
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Owner Private
Area of Significance Religion



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 16th August 1977

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Liberty Hall Site
Registry Address: Address Restricted
Registry Number: 77001493
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Area in Acres: 3
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 2
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Historic and non-aboriginal, Education, Architecture, Religion
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Early American
Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1793, 1803
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: College
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: College

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