Arlington Estate

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Arlington Estate is the historic Virginia plantation that served as the home of the Custis-Lee family and later became the site of Arlington National Cemetery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic estate
historic house
plantation
adjacentTo Potomac River
architecturalStyle Greek Revival architecture
surface form: Greek Revival (Arlington House)
contains Arlington House plantation
surface form: Robert E. Lee Memorial (Arlington House)
convertedBy United States Department of War
surface form: United States War Department
convertedTo Arlington National Cemetery
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentOwner National Park Service
surface form: United States National Park Service
formerName Arlington House plantation
functionDuringCivilWar Union military headquarters vicinity
hasPart Arlington House plantation
surface form: Arlington House

Arlington National Cemetery
hasViewOf Lincoln Memorial
National Mall
United States Capitol
surface form: U.S. Capitol
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
historicalEvent seizure by Union forces during the American Civil War
historicalPeriod Antebellum period
surface form: Antebellum South
locatedIn Arlington, Virginia
United States of America
surface form: United States

Virginia
managedBy National Park Service
namedAfter Arlington House plantation
surface form: Arlington, the ancestral home of the Custis family in Virginia
near Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED
Pentagon
notableFor Civil War history
association with Robert E. Lee
association with the Custis family
being the site of Arlington National Cemetery
openToPublic true
overlooks Washington, D.C.
ownedBy Custis family
surface form: Custis-Lee family

George Washington Parke Custis
Mary Anna Custis Lee
surface form: Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee

Robert E. Lee
United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf Arlington County
surface form: Arlington County, Virginia
significantPlaceFor Custis family
surface form: Custis-Lee family

George Washington Parke Custis
Robert E. Lee
use military cemetery site
plantation
residence

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Arlington House plantation alsoKnownAs Arlington Estate
Arlington Heights partOf Arlington Estate