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Archaeological site in Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Liberty Hall Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


Nearest city	Lexington, Virginia
Area	3.7 acres (1.5 ha)
Built	1793 (1793)
NRHP reference No.	77001493
Added to NRHP	August 16, 1977

The Liberty Hall Site, near Lexington, Virginia, contains the remains of the early predecessor of Washington and Lee University. The Liberty Hall Academy was chartered as a degree-granting institution by the Virginia legislature in 1782, and was located in a wood-frame building. This building burned down in 1783, as did its replacement in 1790. In 1793 a new three-story stone building was constructed, as was a steward's house, and these buildings were followed in subsequent years by additional buildings. The roof of the main school building caught fire in 1802, and the ensuing blaze gutted the building's interior. It was declared unfit to restore, and the institution relocated to Lexington.

The university conducted excavations of the site in the 1970s. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"Liberty Hall Academy". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
"A Change of Name and Location". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
"Student Life at Liberty Hall". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved March 31, 2014.

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Liberty Hall - Washington and Lee University

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