Chatham Manor is a Georgian style mansion in Stafford County, Virginia, built on the Rappahannock River opposite Fredericksburg and completed in 1771 after roughly three years of construction. It was built by William Fitzhugh, a farmer and statesman, using enslaved labor, and served as the center of a large plantation for more than a century. The house is described as the only private residence in the United States visited by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhower, and during the Civil War it briefly served as a Union Army headquarters and later as a hospital. The estate was willed to the National Park Service in 1975 and now serves as the headquarters of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
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Building Type LocationStafford County, Virginia, United States 1 Completed Year Classification
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Chatham Manor is a Georgian-style mansion home
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completed in 1771 by farmer and statesman William Fitzhugh
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on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia
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Chatham Manor is a Georgian style mansion in Stafford County, Virginia, built on the Rappahannock River opposite Fredericksburg and completed in 1771 after roughly three years of construction. It was built by William Fitzhugh, a farmer and statesman, using enslaved labor, and served as the center of a large plantation for more than a century. The house is described as the only private residence in the United States visited by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhower, and during the Civil War it briefly served as a Union Army headquarters and later as a hospital. The estate was willed to the National Park Service in 1975 and now serves as the headquarters of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
In Style: Georgian Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Georgian
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia categories
Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
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