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Historical Markers in Simeon
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Simeon is in Albemarle County
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1 ► Virginia, Albemarle County, Simeon — FL-8 — Ash Lawn – Highland —  |
| On James Monroe Parkway (County Route 795) 0.8 miles south of Thomas Jefferson Parkway (Virginia Route 53), on the left when traveling south. | |||
| This estate was the home of James Monroe, fifth president of the United States. In 1793, James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe purchased 1,000 acres adjoining Jefferson’s Monticello. Called Highland, the plantation, eventually totaling 3,500 acres, . . . — — Map (db m23437) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Albemarle County, Simeon — W-201 — Colle |
| On Thomas Jefferson Highway (Virginia Route 53) just east of Milton Road (County Route 732), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed. | |||
| The house was built about 1770 by workmen engaged in building Monticello. Mazzei, an Italian, lived here for some years adapting grape culture to Virginia. Baron de Riedesel, captured at Saratoga in 1777, lived here with his family, 1779–1780. . . . — — Map (db m21952) HM | |||
| 3 ► Virginia, Albemarle County, Simeon — W-201 — Colle — |
| On Thomas Jefferson Parkway (Virginia Route 53) just south of Colle Lane, on the right when traveling south. | |||
| Philip Mazzei, a Tuscan merchant and horticulturalist, arrived in Virginia in 1775 and was persuaded by Thomas Jefferson to settle here. Jefferson gave him 193 acres of land, and Mazzei named his property Colle (meaning "hill"). He built a house ca. . . . — — Map (db m170655) HM | |||