Historical Highway Markers

Ball House

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Built about 1784 by John Nivison at the corner of Crawford and Glasgow streets and moved to this site in 1869. It served as a barracks in the War of 1812. Lafayette was entertained here in 1824 and President Andrew Jackson in 1833. The Ball family acquired the property in 1870.

Virginia Conservation Commission, 1948

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