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Feb 17, 2024 · Chatham Manor is a Georgian mansion built in 1771 by William Fitzhugh, a wealthy planter and friend of George Washington. The house has witnessed slavery, war, and restoration, and is now a protected historic site with a museum and grounds.
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Coordinates: 38°18′31.8″N 77°27′19.3″W. Chatham Manor is a Georgian-style mansion home completed in 1771 by farmer and statesman William Fitzhugh, after about three years of construction, on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, opposite Fredericksburg.
Chatham Manor is a 18th-century house that served as a Union headquarters and hospital during the Civil War. It offers a panoramic view of Fredericksburg, a formal garden, and a colonial revival east garden with statues and columns.
Oct 2021. Chatham Manor was built in about 1770. It is a wonderfully preserved example of georgian archictecture. The site is delightful, on a hill overlooking the Rappahannock river and Fredericksburg, surrounded by gardens. The building was used as the local Union headquarters during the civil war, and as a civil war hospital.
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Chatham Manor is a historic site in Falmouth, Virginia, that witnessed slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction. Learn about its history, visit the park and support the Friends of Chatham organization.
This magnificent Georgian mansion, its various outbuildings and dependencies, and the historic ground which surrounds it represent a small preserve in which the entire scope of Virginia heritage from Colonial times to the 20th Century. Today Chatham is part of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. The buildings and grounds are open daily 9:00-4:30. Five of the ten rooms ...
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