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Lee-Fendall House (State Historical Marker)

GPS Coordinates: 38.8095639, -77.0457650
Closest Address: 614 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Lee-Fendall House (State Historical Marker)

Here follows the inscription written on this roadside historical marker:

Lee-Fendall House
“Light Horse Harry” Lee, Revolutionary War officer, owned this land in 1784. The house was built in 1785 by Phillip Fendall, a Lee relative. Renovated in 1850 in the Greek Revival style, the house remained in the Lee family until 1903. John L. Lewis, labor leader and president of the United Mine Workers of America and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, was the last resident owner, from 1937 to 1969.

Erected 1989 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number E-93.)


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Lee-Fendall House Museum:
The house is a museum, open every day except Monday. Their phone is (703) 548-1789.

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6121 Franconia Road

Alexandria, VA 22310

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