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Board approves tax-exemption for Friends of the Hollow, citing educational value of John Marshall boyhood home
Summary
The Fauquier County Board approved an ordinance exempting about 7.66 acres owned by Friends of the Hollow (the boyhood home of Chief Justice John Marshall) from taxation, citing historic and educational use and limited tax impact estimated at about $2,600.
The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors voted Nov. 13 to exempt real property owned by Friends of the Hollow Inc., the nonprofit that now owns the John Marshall boyhood home and surrounding grounds, from county property taxation.
County staff said the parcel is roughly 7.66 acres and estimated the annual tax implication at approximately $2,600. Thomas Marshall Debutz, president of Friends of the Hollow, and Jim Stripling, both speaking for the organization, told the board the site is on the National Register of Historic Places and on the Virginia Landmarks Register and that the nonprofit intends to use the site for public and student education. "We fully intend to return that investment many times over," Stripling told supervisors, noting recent visitation by a group of the Sons of the American Revolution.
The board approved the ordinance by motion and voice vote. Staff said the exemption will facilitate public access and school visits to the historic property; no specific maintenance or funding obligations were set in the hearing record.
