Arlington House plantation

E16704

historic estate plantation

Arlington House plantation was a historic Virginia estate overlooking the Potomac River that later became the core of what is now Arlington National Cemetery.

Aliases (9)

Arlington House ×8
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial ×6
Arlington estate ×2
Arlington House grounds ×1
Arlington House, Virginia ×1
Arlington, the ancestral home of the Custis family in Virginia ×1
Belvoir plantation ×1
Custis-Lee estate ×1
Robert E. Lee Memorial (Arlington House) ×1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic estate → plantation →
alsoKnownAs	Arlington Estate → Custis-Lee estate →
associatedWith	Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee → Robert E. Lee →
confiscatedBy	United States federal government →
confiscationContext	American Civil War →
coreOf	Arlington National Cemetery →
country	United States →
forms	historic core of Arlington National Cemetery →
hasPart	Arlington House →
heritageDesignation	part of a U.S. National Cemetery →
historicalFunction	agricultural estate → slave plantation →
laterUse	military cemetery → national cemetery →
locatedIn	Arlington County, Virginia →
locatedNear	Potomac River →
locatedOpposite	Washington, D.C. →
namedAfter	Arlington House →
originallyOwnedBy	George Washington Parke Custis →
overlooks	Potomac River → Washington, D.C. →
partOf	Arlington National Cemetery →
region	Northern Virginia →
significantFor	Civil War history → connection to George Washington’s family → connection to Robert E. Lee → history of slavery in Virginia →
usedFor	agriculture → residential purposes →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arlington Estate ("Robert E. Lee Memorial (Arlington House)") → Arlington National Cemetery ("Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial") → George Washington Memorial Parkway ("Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial") →	contains
Arlington Estate ("Arlington, the ancestral home of the Custis family in Virginia") → Arlington House plantation ("Arlington House") → Fort Belvoir ("Belvoir plantation") →	namedAfter
George Washington Parke Custis ("Arlington House") → Mary Anna Custis Lee ("Arlington House") → Robert E. Lee ("Arlington House, Virginia") →	residence
Arlington Estate ("Arlington House") → Arlington House plantation ("Arlington House") →	hasPart
Arlington Heights ("Arlington House") → Arlington Heights ("Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial") →	siteOf
Arlington House plantation ("Custis-Lee estate") →	alsoKnownAs
Mary Anna Custis Lee ("Arlington House") →	birthPlace
George Washington Parke Custis ("Arlington House") →	built
George Washington Parke Custis ("Arlington estate") →	burialPlace
Arlington National Cemetery →	formerLandOf
Arlington Estate →	formerName
Arlington Heights ("Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial") →	hasLandmark
Civil War Unknowns Monument ("Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial") →	locatedNear
Civil War Unknowns Monument ("Arlington House grounds") →	locatedOn
Memorial Amphitheater ("Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial") →	nearby
George Washington Parke Custis ("Arlington estate") →	property