Morven Park, Leesburg, VA  

From Our Archives
 

A portrait of Governor Davis painted in 1907 by Percy Wild

A formal portrait of Mrs. Davis, painted in 1907 by Percy Wild

Westmoreland Davis was the first Virginia Governor
to fly in an airplane.
He circled over Richmond before coming to a
bumpy landing among a crowd of admirers.
Annie Morriss Lewis Davis was the Governor’s mother. Through her family, Westmoreland Davis could trace his lineage to the first resident colonial governor of Virginia, Thomas West, 3rd Lord de la Warr.

Westmoreland Davis
 as a cadet at Virginia Military Institute.
He entered VMI at the young age of fourteen.
Virginia First Lady Marguerite Davis volunteered alongside other women of the Commonwealth at the Seven Pines Munitions Plant, filling munitions bags with gunpowder.


Tour information

Morven Park

The Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Post Office Box 6228
Leesburg, Virginia 20178-7433
(703) 777-2414
Fax: (703) 777-3282
Email: office@morvenpark.org

Mansion & Grounds | Museum of Hounds and Hunting | Winmill Carriage Museum
Equestrian Center | Morven Park Steeplechase | Tour Information
Directions | Staff Contacts | News and Events | Accommodations

Morven Park is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is operated in the public interest by the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, Inc. Morven Park is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Virginia Historic Landmark.

 

CadCol Web Publishing & Design
Copyright © 2007