VA-I8 Washington and Lee University

Marker text: WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY

Founded, 1749, as Augusta Academy, near Greenville; reestablished at Timber Ridge, May, 1776, as Liberty Hall Academy; moved to Lexington and chartered as a college, 1782; endowed by George Washington, 1796, and named for him. Under presidency, 1865-1870, of Robert E. Lee (buried in the University Chapel), whose name after death was incorporated in the official title.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1936