Ellwood (Leesburg, Virginia) Explained

Ellwood
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 3, 2003[1]
Designated Other1 Number:053-0639
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:17360 Count Turf Place, Leesburg, Virginia
Coordinates:39.1364°N -77.5878°W
Architect:Wood, Waddy Butler
Builder:Kimmel, W.M.
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:February 11, 2004
Refnum:04000054

Ellwood, also known as Leeland and the Lawrence Lee House, is a historic home located near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. It was designed by architect Waddy Butler Wood (1869–1944) and built in 1911–1912. It is a -story, Colonial Revival style mansion with a five-part symmetrical plan consisting of a main block with a hipped slate roof connected by hyphens to one- story wings with hipped slate roofs. The house sits on a rise just above the American Civil War fort, Fort Johnston, which at one time was part of the estate. The house was designed forLawrence Rust Lee, who was related to the prominent Rust and Lee families of Leesburg. Also on the property are the contributing garage and wood / meat house.[2] In the 1980s it was home to Lyndon LaRouche, who named it "Ibykus Farm" after a work by Friedrich Schiller.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ellwood . Susan Sutter. September 2003 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos