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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1670/00/00 Col William Fitzhugh, the Immigrant Home The oldest part of Marmion is built for Colonel William Fitzhugh, patriarch of the Fitzhugh family in Virginia, soon after 1670.
1756/00/00 Decorative pine and walnut paneling is installed in the parlor of Marmion, King George County, Virginia. Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia
1790/00/00 Philip Fitzhugh inherits Marmion from his father, William Fitzhugh. Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia
1795/00/00 Use of three-course American bond on the north chimney indicates that enlargement at the north end of the house occurred after 1790 or 1800. Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia
1797/00/00 George Washington Lewis Home Philip Fitzhugh sells Marmion to agent John Hall who sells it to George W Lewis. Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia
1797/07/00 Mary Lewis Willis Home The Willis family make a home at Marmion. Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia
1820/00/00 George Lewis sells Marmion to his son Daingerfield Lewis. Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia
1862/00/00 Daingerfield Lewis bequeaths Marmion to his son Fielding Lewis. Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia
1878/00/00 Mary Imogene Green Lewis inherits Marmion from her husband, Fielding Lewis Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia
1913/00/00 Mary Imogene Green Lewis bequeaths Marmion to Lucy B Lewis (later Grymes, Osso, Virginia) who will keep it until 1916. Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia
1916/00/00 The painted pine and walnut paneling from the parlor of Marmion in Virginia is sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in new York City. Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh Family House, Tidewater, Virginia

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Particulars for Marmion:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 70000804
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Art, Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1650-1699, 1750-1799
Significant Year: c 1670, c 1795
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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