Arlington Plantation
Arlington was the 17th-century ancestral plantation of
the Custis family located in Northampton County on
Virginia's Eastern Shore and is the namesake for
Arlington National Cemetery. It was established by John
Custis II (1628/29 -1696), one of the most influential
planters of his day. Custis left his plantation to
grandson John Custis IV, who is known as one of
Williamsburg's leading horticulturalists and
father-in-law of Martha Custis, who eventually married
George Washington. John Custis II built an elaborate
mansion house ca. 1670-1676 that has been described as the
most sophisticated 17th-century house in the Chesapeake.
The report describes the historical background, initial
field survey of the 7 acre site, and subsequent test
excavations into the Arlington mansion cellars that
produced a variety of architectural information
used to produce a conjectural rendering of the
mansion.
The report is in Adobe PDF format so you will need to have Acrobat reader to view and print the report.
