Red Hill is Patrick Henry's last home and burial place. He moved here in 1794 at the age of 57. He referred to this plantation on the Staunton River as "one of the garden spots of Virginia." His home at Red Hill has been reconstructed on its original site (the original was destroyed by fire in 1919). With its three rooms downstairs and two upstairs (a children's loft), as many as twenty family members lived under this roof at one point. The furnishings on display in the house and other buildings include genuine eighteenth-century period pieces. Henry died in his big chair inside his home in 1799. (from
Red Hill website)
