Slate Hill Plantation

The decision to establish Hampden–Sydney College was made here in 1775, although its campus is located two miles North.

The plantation is located two miles South of the campus of Hampden–Sydney College and Worsham in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

[1][3][5][6] The house is one story and a half, with a kitchen in another building to reduce the risk of fire.

[5][7][8] In February 1775, a conclave composed of Nathaniel Venable, John Morton and Fred Johnston met in an outbuilding and decided to establish Hampden–Sydney College nearby.

[2] A third son, who also grew up on the plantation, Abraham B. Venable, served in the United States House of Representatives from 1791 to 1799, Virginia House of Delegates (1800-1803) and briefly in the United States Senate (1803 to 1804) before becoming president of the Bank of Virginia and one of the many dead in the Richmond Theatre fire.