Lansdowne is a historic home located at

Urbanna Urbanna is a town in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. Urbanna means “City of Anne” and was named in honor of England's Queen Anne. The population was 476 at the 2010 census. Geography Urbanna is located at (37.637796, −76 ...

Middlesex County, Virginia Middlesex County is a county located on the Middle Peninsula in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,625. Its county seat is Saluda. History This area was long settled by indigenous peoples; those encount ...

. It was constructed about 1740, and is a two-story, five-bay, "T"-shaped, brick dwelling in the Early Georgian style. It consists of a main section measuring 52 feet by 25 feet, with a rear wing of 36 feet by 18 feet. The front facade features a tall pedimented

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

projecting from the center bay. It was the home of diplomat Arthur Lee (1740-1792), who is buried on the property in the family

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

. an
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/ref> Lee helped to negotiate and signed the 1778 Treaty of Alliance, which allied France and the United States together during the

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. It was listed on the

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in 1974. It is located in the Urbanna Historic District.

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Georgian architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1740 Houses in Middlesex County, Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia Lee family residences National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Virginia 1740 establishments in Virginia {{MiddlesexCountyVA-NRHP-stub