Fort Lewis is a historic estate that contains an

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era manor house, a farm and visitors lodge. The area was originally settled by Charles Lewis (son of Colonel John Lewis) in present day

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. In 1756 he built a small stockade to protect the strategic western end of the Shenandoah Mountain pass from Indian raids. It was one of a series of fortifications authorized by the Virginia Colonial General Assembly along the frontier during the French & Indian War. The stockade is now gone, but the manor house, farm, and reconstructed

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remain as part of "Fort Lewis Lodge". Fort Lewis was listed on the

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in 2019.

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Bath County History
{{Bath County, Virginia Populated places in Bath County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Bath County, Virginia Colonial forts in Virginia