Weems Botts Museum

The Weems-Botts House preserves the history of Virginia’s oldest chartered town and of two colorful residents, the Reverend Mason Locke Weems and attorney Benjamin Botts. Weems, a biographer of George Washington, created the famous cherry tree myth. Though educated as a cleric, he earned much of his living as a bookseller and author of almanacs, and he initially used the building as a bookstore. Benjamin Botts, by contrast, used the building as his law office and is best remembered as one of the lead lawyers who successfully defended Aaron Burr during his infamous treason and conspiracy trial.

Montclair, Virginia · United States