The Menokin House
Posted in Tappahannock, Uncategorized on September 25, 2009
On our summer road trip, we visited a friend in Tappahannock, Virginia. While there, we got the grand tour of her work and what a cool job she has! She works for the Menokin Foundation. The Menokin House is the home of Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. It is an 18th cetury house on 500 acres of land. There is a small visitor center where you can see a scale model of the house, explore a little archeaological ”dig in a box,” and fields and fields of corn! As we walked the grounds of the house, I could only imagine how it looked during its prime! The Menokin House is being restored and they are stabilizing the remaining structure.
An original door
A side of the house – You can see the glare of the plexiglass that they are putting up to help preserve it.
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I love these small bits of preserved history. Thanks for sharing this one!
How cool to see this house “under construction”. It must be exciting to be so close to this kind of history.
Nice to be able to peek into history in that way. One can only imagine those who have treaded there before you.
Great photos of the preservation work. The scale model of the house really helps you imagine what it must have been like in its former glory.
Perfect introduction to a discussion about the Declaration of Independence for the kids. They can see with their own eyes what life was like during one of the most significant historical events for the country. Love this stuff.
Very cool to see the preservation work in progress!
We just came back from the Biltmore Estate and now I’m so in love with old restoration project. What a lot of work they put in to restore a house. It’s even more amazing when you get to see the work in progress.