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Today, only a small portion of the foundation of the house remains, due to road construction in the 1950s. Lee and his wife are buried on the property (the family cemetery accessible by trail), but their headstones were moved to the Union
Cemetery in Leesburg in 1969. The Leesylvania Archeological
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What remained of the plantation house was destroyed in the 1950s when a road was constructed for the
Freestone Point Resort. A small portion of the foundation is visible in its original location within Leesylvania State Park. A corner of the house is reconstructed in the Visitors Center, using
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