Built by Grigg, Milton VLR # 096-0046 Phone +1 804-214-9145 | Architectural style Beaux Arts Area 30 ha Year built 1758 | |
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Location 4460 James Monroe Highway, Colonial Beach, Virginia NRHP Reference # 79003095, 08000285 (Boundary Increase) Added to NRHP July 24, 1979, April 10, 2008 (Boundary Increase) Address 4460 James Monroe Hwy, Colonial Beach, VA 22443, USA Similar Colonial Beach Town Ma, Wilkerson's Seafood Restaurant, Colonial Beach Chamber, Dockside Restaurant, Riverboat on the Potomac | ||
James Monroe Family Home Site, also known as James Monroe's Birthplace, is a historic archaeological site located near Oak Grove and Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The site includes the ruins of the Monroe Family Home and birthplace of President James Monroe (1758-1831), which were uncovered in 1976, by a team from the College of William & Mary. Monroe spent his entire youth working the farm until he left for his education at the College of William & Mary. The archaeological team uncovered a house foundation measuring 20 feet by 58 feet. The known 1845 etchings of the birth home indicate a small four room, rough cut wooden farm house with few outbuildings on a 500-acre farm filled with wetlands. The archaeological study clearly indicated that James Monroe's beginnings were humble.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with a boundary increase in 2008.