Marmion | |
Location | NE of jct. of SR 649 and 609, near Comorn, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°18′35″N 77°12′43″W / 38.30972°N 77.21194°W |
Area | 329 acres (133 ha) |
Built | c. 1670 | , c. 1790-1800
NRHP reference No. | 70000804[1] |
VLR No. | 048-0012 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 26, 1970 |
Designated VLR | December 2, 1969[2] |
Marmion is a historic home located near Comorn, King George County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1670 by William Fitzhugh (1651-1701), progenitor of the Fitzhugh family in Virginia. It took its present form after 1790 or 1800. The house is a frame, two-story house with a clipped gable roof and two interior end chimneys with exposed chimney shafts. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, dairy, kitchen, and office.[3]
The ornately painted decorative paneling from the house's distinctive seven-sided drawing room was sold to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1916.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]