James L. Kemper Residence

James L. Kemper Residence is a Virginia historical marker in Madison, Madison County, dedicated 1991.

Madison County · dedicated 1991 · N. Main St. south of Old Blue Ridge Turnpike, Madison

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This Greek Revival-style house was built about 1852 for state senator Thomas N. Welch. In 1868 James Lawson Kemper (1823-1895) purchased it from his mother-in-law, Mrs. Belfield Cave. Kemper, an attorney, represented Madison County in the House of Delegates (1853-1863), served as speaker (1861-1863), led a brigade in the Civil War, was wounded in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, and served as governor of Virginia (1874-1878). In 1882 he moved from Madison to Walnut Hills in Orange County.

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