Courthouse Tavern Museum Volunteers Visit Lee Hall Mansion

On September 25th Courthouse Tavern Museum volunteers and their guests visited Lee Hall Mansion in Newport News, Virginia. Built in 1851 by affluent planter Richard Decauter Lee, no relation to the Lees of Northern Neck, this antebellum home is the last of its kind on the Virginia tidewater peninsula. J. Michael Moore, curator and local long term resident, provided an informative and colorful view of life there in the mid-Nineteenth Century, including the Civil War and its impact on the family. The group lunched at the Old Chickahominy House in Williamsburg, dining on delicious brunswick stew, ham biscuits and a selection of pies for dessert. A trip well worth taking. Annually, the Museum schedules a trip for patrons and volunteers to historical sites.