Stonewall Jackson House | |
 Stonewall Jackson House, Lexington | |
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| Location | 8 E. Washington St.,Lexington, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′5″N79°26′29″W / 37.78472°N 79.44139°W /37.78472; -79.44139 |
| Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1800 (1800) |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002215[1] |
| VLR No. | 117-0009 |
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| Added to NRHP | April 24, 1973 |
| Designated VLR | June 18, 2009[2] |
TheStonewall Jackson House, located at 8 East Washington Street in theHistoric District ofLexington, Virginia, was the residence ofConfederate generalThomas "Stonewall" Jackson from 1858 to 1861.
The house is a two-story, four-bay, brick dwelling with a large, stone rear addition. It has a side-gable roof and interior end chimneys.[3]
The house was constructed in 1800, by Cornelius Dorman. Dr. Archibald Graham purchased the house and significantly expanded it in 1845 by adding a stone addition on the rear and remodeling the front and interior to accommodate his medical practice. Dr. Graham sold the house to then-Major Thomas Jackson, a professor at the nearbyVirginia Military Institute, on November 4, 1858, for $3000.[4] It is the only house Jackson ever owned. He lived in the brick and stone house with his second wife,Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, until the outbreak of theAmerican Civil War in 1861.[3]
It housed Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital from 1907 until 1954; when it was converted to a museum. In 1979 the house was carefully restored to its appearance at the time of the Jacksons' occupancy.[5] The house and garden are owned and operated as ahistoric house museum by the Virginia Military Institute from April through December.It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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