Lauderdale is a historic home located near Buchanan, Botetourt County, Virginia.

By the early 1780s, he owned over a thousand acres in Botetourt County, and in 1785 he was listed as the owner of a dwelling and three other buildings.

The mansion 'Lauderdale' was built near a spring, near which it is said that Lauderdale shot and killed an Indian during an attack on his home.

The high ceilings and hand carved woodwork of the immense hallway, library, and drawing room make it one of the handsomest houses is Virginia.

Another famous slave was Pleasant Richardson, who during the Civil War escaped from the Lauderdale plantation and became a Union soldier in the 45th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.

The kitchen was added on the back of the house and featured a double restaurant-type walk in refrigerator and freezer My family once owned Lauderdale.

Oliver Mundy kept a team of Percheron horses on the farm which he used to maintain area roads.