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The boyhood home of Chief Justice John Marshall near Hume was recently recognized officially with a roadside marker from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. The Friends of the Hollow Jpc. a non-profit group formed in 1981, is raising money to purchase the land and • restore the small structure. The group wants to open the house to the public and sponsor archaeological digs on the property. “We are really pleased to announce this important step in recognizing
Marshall’s boyhood home,” said Tbm deButts, president of the group. “This is a move in the right direction but our work is not yet complete. The structure and the land on which it sits is at risk of development and may be lost forever,” he added. The Hollow house was built prior to the Marshall’s 1765 move with his family from his first Fauquier County home in near Midland. The F riends estimate the Hollow house may have been built between 1763 and 1764. John Marshall was nine when his family moved to the newly constructed one-and-a-half story frame house on a beautiful rise just north of the present-day Markham. John and his nine siblings lived there until he was 18, when his family moved five miles east to Oak Hill. In addition to the Marshall ... 17CS J-. «... ... with hts family frcs* ' ?» a :«&>;. n* crs' *■' Hollow l~* Th.im a. Hiirvlv.lfc -as *'<•, , when td! t*«»y Oafc Viih \i;*r Thi rty V-'-''. '1 ’ -'W-t utltfcill J im** . MARKED: The home has been recognized with a marker.
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