One of the most important examples of colonial funerary art, the site is owned by the APVA. The carving on the tomb of John Custis IV, including the family coat of arms, drapery, and a skull, was executed in London by one William Colley of Fenn Church Street. The tombs are near the site of the Custis family home, Arlington, after which George Washington named a plantation he owned in Fairfax County, which later became the site of Arlington House and Arlington Cemetery.