James Monroe Birthplace Park and Museum

  • NRHP Name: James Monroe Family Home Site
  • Also Known As: James Monroe's Birthplace

  • Address: 4460 James Monroe Hwy
  • Vicinity: Monroe Hall
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Sight
  • Sight Category: Site


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Milton La Tour Grigg Architect
1750/00/00 Spencer Monroe Home
1758/04/28 James Monroe Born Elizabeth Jones, wife of Spence Monroe, gives birth to a son, James Monroe, in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia.

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Particulars for James Monroe Birthplace Park and Museum:
Cultural Affiliation African American
Historic Use Agricultural fields
Historic Use Agricultural outbuildings
Cultural Affiliation Anglo-American Rural
Historic Use Animal facility
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Beaux Arts
Criteria Consideration Birth place or grave
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Cemetery
Criteria Consideration Commemorative property
Cultural Affiliation Euro-American
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Historic Use Single dwelling
Sight Category Site
Area of Significance Social History
Historic Use Storage



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 10th April 2008

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Monroe, James, Family Home Site (Boundary Increase)
Registry Address: VA 205
Registry Number: 08000285
Resource Type: Building
Architect: Grigg, Milton
Architectural Style: Beaux arts
Area in Acres: 74
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Area of Significance: Social history, Historic and non-aboriginal, Landscape architecture
Applicable Criteria: Person, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Criteria Consideration: Birth place or grave, Commemorative property
Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American, African American
Significant Year: 1758, 1952, 1956
Associated People: Monroe, James
Historic Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence, Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Agricultural outbuildings, Single dwelling, Storage, Cemetery, Agricultural fields, Animal facility
Current Function: Landscape, Recreation and Culture, Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Forest Monument, Marker Outdoor recreation Cemetery

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