Menokin Foundation

Built as the home of Declaration of Independence signer, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Menokin is now the evocative remains of an historic mansion surrounded by a vast, cultural landscape. The Menokin Foundation was established in 1995 to protect and breathe new life into Menokin, and immediately began work to not only reverse the deterioration of the house, but also chart a course for its future. Menokin is located in Warsaw, Virginia, in the rural region known as the Northern Neck.The plantation and house were established in 1769 on land once inhabited by the Rappahannock Tribe, who gave the site its name. Now the Menokin Foundation is embarking on a revolutionary re-imagining of this historic structure. Led by the architecture firm of Machado and Silvetti Associates, The Menokin Foundation hopes to transform this house and 500-acre classroom into an educational and environmental experience like no other.