Benjamin Stoddert Ewell - Legacy

Legacy

  • The unincorporated community of Ewell in James City County and Ewell Station located along the Peninsula Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) which was built through the area in 1881 by Collis P. Huntington, were named for him.
  • Ewell Hall, the historic plantation house he built at the former Ewell Farm eventually became the restored centerpiece of a cemetery, Williamsburg Memorial Park, between Williamsburg and Lightfoot in James City County.
  • Ewell Hall at the College of William and Mary is named for him.
  • In 1987, the Student Association of the College of William and Mary established an award in his honor.

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