J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace listed on the National Register of Historic Places
1998
Ararat
The Laurel Hill site in Ararat where Confederate cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart was born was listed on the National Register on Sept. 24, 1998.
The Virginia Landmarks Register listed the J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace on Dec. 3, 1997, and the National Register of Historic Places followed on Sept. 24, 1998. The 71 nominated acres hold the archaeological remains of Laurel Hill, the Stuart family home, which burned in the late 1840s. The property is owned by the J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust.