Object Details
- General
- Built ca. 1730, Stratford Hall was home to the Lee family until the early 1800s. Relatives subsequently bought and lived in the property until the turn-of-the-century when the Robert E. Lee memorial Foundation took over the property to restore and open as a museum. In the early 1930s, The Garden Club of Virginia restored the formal East Garden in an eighteenth-century English style. They restored a flat area to a terraced garden enclosed by brick walls. Parterres are outlined with English Box. The West Garden, planned by Innocenti and Webel, is a utilitarian part of the garden planted with vegetables, herbs, fruit trees, and ornamental flowers. The North Vista and Nature Trail are additional parts of the estate.
- Persons associated with the property include: Thomas Lee (former owner, ca. 1729-1750); Robert E. Lee (birthplace, 1807); Philip Ludwell Lee (former owner, 1750); Matilda Lee (former owner); Henry Lee (former owner, 1798-1828); Mrs. Starke (former owner); Dr. Richard Stewart (former owner); Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation (owners, 1929); Morley Jeffers Williams (presenter of restoration plans, 1932); Fiske Kimball (restoration architect, 1939-1940); Umberto Innocenti of Innocenti & Webel (landscape architect, 1941-1955); Garden Club of Virginia (east garden restoration, 1930); Alden Hopkins (landscape architect, 1955-1960); A. G. Smith (landscape architect, 1960-1981); and Ronald L. Wade (superintendent of gardens and grounds, 1981).
- Birthplace
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
- Landscape architect
- Innocenti, Umberto
- Restoration architect
- Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955
- Landscape architect
- Hopkins, Alden
- Innocenti & Webel
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- Stratford Hall Plantation (Stratford, Virginia)
- Virginia -- Stratford
- United States of America -- Virginia -- Westmoreland County -- Stratford
- Topic
- Gardens -- Virginia -- Stratford
- Birthplace
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
- Landscape architect
- Innocenti, Umberto
- Restoration architect
- Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955
- Landscape architect
- Hopkins, Alden
- Innocenti & Webel
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Virginia
- Sponsor
- A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, File VA002
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
- Collection Rights
- Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Bibliography
- Garden has been featured in Merrill Folsom, Great American Mansions and Their Stories (New York: Hastings House, Publishers), pp. 70-76. Garden has been featured in Garden Club of Virginia, Historic Virginia Gardens: Preservations (The University Press of Virginia, 1975). Garden has been featured in James M. Fitch & F. F. Rockwell, Treasury of American Gardens (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956), p. 10. Garden has been featured in Brandon, Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia (Richmond, Virginia: Garrett and Massie, Incorporated, 1962), pp. 147-153. Garden has been featured in Alice B. Lockwood, ed., Gardens of Colony and State (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934), pp. 68-71. Garden has been featured in Edith Tunis Sale, ed., Manors of Virginia (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909), pp. 79-91.
- Existence and Location of Originals
- Original image of VA002032 (drawings) located in Arthur Shurcliff Collection, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
- Scope and Contents
- Folders include worksheets, brochures, and copies of articles.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643208220039-1643210188364-0
