Benjamin Harrison II's $792,000 Colonial Estate
1549 Laurel Springs Rd Spring Grove, Virginia, 23881
Was Benjamin Harrison II a president? No. Was he the great-great-grandfather of one, and the great-great-great-great grandfather of another? Yes, and the property passed through multiple generations of Harrisons (almost all involved in government, in some capacity), which means that this house comes with major political provenance.
Set on 111 acres in Spring Grove, Va., this 3,800-square-foot home, built in roughly 1750, has four bedrooms, one full bathroom, and two partial baths. It is undeniably an early colonial construction, with wood beams, a stone fireplace, and wide-plank flooring. It's also about a 30-minute drive from the Harrison family's other historic estate, the thousand-acre Berkeley Plantation.
The house dates from about 1750.
The dining area.