Laurel Hill Farm
Laurel Hill Farm is a private park and historic home located in Ararat, Virginia. The birthplace of James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, seventy-five acres of the 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) owned by the Stuart Family was saved in 1992 by the J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust with assistance from the Civil War Trust, a division of the American Battlefield Trust. The J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust, founded by Historian and Author Thomas D. "Tom" Perry, is a non-profit corporation that has interpreted the site and holds events on the property.
J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
Fields at the site | |
| Location | N side of VA 773, W of jct. with VA 617, near Ararat, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°33′48″N 80°33′16″W |
| Area | 71 acres (29 ha) |
| Built | 1820 |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001161 |
| VLR No. | 070-0060 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 24, 1998 |
| Designated VLR | December 3, 1997 |
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