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Venue) and three brick slave cabins was my collateral ancestor, James Leake Powers, a native son of Albemarle County who had worked under Mr. Jefferson on the University of Virginia ’ along with Dinsmore and Neilson...”
Although there are not, as yet, any known documents to prove that he was a workman at the University or that he was the builder of Ben Venue, the cellar chambers at the Fletcher house are an unusual feature and have been derived from similar examples found at Monticello.
In any case. Powers was a property holder in the town of Washington. In 1837 he purchased for $1,500 “a certain house and lot in the town of Washington known on the plat of said town as No. 21.” Local tradition credits Powers with building the county courthouse, the jail, and the Presbyterian church, along with several residences including Jessamin Hill, a house with chimneys similar to those on Ben Venue.
In addition to being listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register, Ben Venue has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, maintained by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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