Birthplace of Patrick Henry
The Birthplace of Patrick Henry (1736–1799), the Founding Father and American statesman from Virginia, was a farmhouse called "Studley", located in what is now the village of Studley in Hanover County, Virginia.[2][3] The house, a two-story brick structure, was built in the 1720s by John Symes, whose wife Sarah married Patrick Henry's father John after Symes died.The house was destroyed by fire in 1807, and now only archaeological remnants remain.[2] There is an interpretive plaque near the site at 9620 Studley Farms Drive.This article about a property in Hanover County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.