043-0032

Tree Hill

VLR Listing Date

05/21/1974

NRHP Listing Date

10/17/1974

NRHP Reference Number

74002127

On a commanding bluff overlooking the bottomlands of the James River, with a panoramic view of the Richmond skyline to the west, the imposing frame house at Tree Hill, with its surrounding outbuildings, was the home of two prominent Henrico County families, the Seldens and the Roanes. The original portion of the much-evolved and enlarged structure was erected in the late 18th century by Miles Selden, the Henrico County clerk and a local politician. During Selden’s tenure, Tree Hill was known for its racetrack; the Marquis de Lafayette attended a well-publicized horse race here in 1824. The eastern Henrico County property passed to Selden’s son-in-law William Roane, a U.S. congressman and senator. At Tree Hill on April 3, 1865 Richmond mayor Joseph Mayo surrendered the Confederate capital to Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, commander of the Union army in front of Richmond. The plantation maintains a scenic rural edge for the east end of the city of Richmond.

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

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