VA-N20 Fonthill

Marker text: FONTHILL

A mile and a half west stands Fonthill, built in 1832 by Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter. He served variously as United States senator, Confederate secretary of state, Confederate States senator, and as a member of the peace commission that met with Union representatives near Fort Monroe in February 1865. Imprisioned briefly at the end of the war, Hunter soon resumed his public career, serving as treasurer of Virginia from 1874 to 1880.

Department of Historic Resources, 1990.

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Location: US 17 (southbound) at Champlain at Rt. 631., Essex County, Virginia

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