Arlington plantation

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Arlington plantation was a prominent Virginia estate along the Potomac River that served as the ancestral home of the Custis family and later became the site of Arlington National Cemetery.

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Arlington plantation canonical 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic estate ⓘ
plantation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arlington House plantation ⓘ
ancestralHomeOf Custis family ⓘ
architecturalStyleAtCore Greek Revival (Arlington House) ⓘ
associatedWith George Washington ⓘ
builtAsMemorialTo George Washington ⓘ
category Custis family residences ⓘ
Historic districts in Virginia ⓘ
Plantations in Virginia ⓘ
Robert E. Lee residences ⓘ
confiscatedBy United States federal government ⓘ
confiscationContext American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Arlington County, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Arlington County
currentUse historic site ⓘ
national cemetery grounds ⓘ
dateOfCemeteryEstablishment 1864 ⓘ
economyBasedOn enslaved labor ⓘ
function slave plantation ⓘ
hasPart Arlington House ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark (for Arlington House) ⓘ
laterSiteOf Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
locatedIn Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn Potomac River ⓘ
managedBy Robert E. Lee ⓘ
near Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableResident George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
Mary Anna Randolph Custis ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
originallyPartOf Province of Virginia ⓘ
overlooks National Mall ⓘ
Washington, D.C. skyline ⓘ
ownedBy Custis family ⓘ
George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee ⓘ
partiallyConvertedTo military cemetery ⓘ
region Northern Virginia ⓘ
significantFor Civil War-era land confiscation ⓘ
development of Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
history of Robert E. Lee ⓘ
history of the Custis family ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Custis family → propertyOwned → Arlington plantation ⓘ
subject linked to: Custis
Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis → residence → Arlington plantation ⓘ