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Birthplace of Patrick Henry

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Nearest city
  
Built by
  
John Symes

Added to NRHP
  
August 2, 1982

Area
  
6 acres (2.4 ha)

NRHP Reference #
  
82001819

Birthplace of Patrick Henry

The Birthplace of Patrick Henry (1736–1799), the American statesman from Virginia, was a farmhouse called "Studley", located in what is now the village of Studley in Hanover County, Virginia. The house, a two story brick structure, was built in the 1720s by John Symes, whose wife Sarah married Patrick Henry's father John after Symes died. Patrick Henry was born in the house on May 29, 1736. By 1796 the farmstead included a significant number of outbuildings. The house was destroyed by fire in 1807, and now only archaeological remnants remain.

There is an interpretive plaque near the site at 9620 Studley Farms Drive. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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Birthplace of Patrick Henry Wikipedia


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