Ellwood
National Register of Historic Places

Ellwood

Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia
Listed
February 11, 2004
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
04000054

About this property

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 2+1⁄2-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 for Lawrence 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. 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.

Location

17360 Count Turf Place
Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia
39.13656, -77.58737

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Nearby Battles

Ball's Bluff
1861Civil War
0.9 mi
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1862Civil War
1.9 mi

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When was Ellwood listed on the National Register?

Ellwood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 2004.

What type of historic resource is Ellwood?

Ellwood is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ellwood?

The period of significance for Ellwood is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1869.

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