Gen. George C. Marshall House
Also known as: Dodona Manor217 Edwards Ferry Rd., Leesburg, Virginia
Map
Coordinates:
+39.11418, -77.5599639°06'51" N, 77°33'36" W
Quadrangle map:Leesburg
Description
General George Catlett Marshall, Jr. (1880-1959), who lived here eighteen years from 1941 until his death in 1959, called his house in Leesburg, Virginia, Dodona Manor, after the Greek oracle of the whispering oak leaves on the Hill of Dodona. During these years, Marshall rose from being an Army officer held in professional respect, but without celebrity, to one of the most important and respected figures of the twentieth century. Winston Churchill, recalling the years of World War II, said that the only individual on whom all the leaders conferred unqualified praise and admiration was General Marshall. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, June 19, 1996
National Register information
Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1996
- Reference number
- 96000972
- NR name
- Marshall, Gen. George C., House
- Architectural style
- Federal
- Areas of significance
- Military; Politics/Government
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Periods of significance
- 1925-1949; 1950-1974
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 3
Contributing sites: 1