White House of the Confederacy
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White House of the Confederacy
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White House of the Confederacy, 2015
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| Location | Clay and 12th Sts., Richmond, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°32′27″N 77°25′47″W / 37.54083°N 77.42972°WCoordinates: 37°32′27″N 77°25′47″W / 37.54083°N 77.42972°W |
| Built | 1818 |
| Architect | attributed to Robert Mills |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical (1818 construction); Greek Revival (1844 modifications); Italianate (1857 additions) |
| NRHP Reference # | 66000924 |
| VLR # | 127-0115 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | December 19, 1960 |
| Designated VLR | September 9, 1969 |
The White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the Court End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1818, it was the main executive residence of the sole President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, from August 1861 until April 1865. It was viewed as the Confederate States counterpart to the White House in Washington, D.C.
Since the late 19th-century, it has been a house museum operated by the American Civil War Museum and is known as the White House and Museum of the Confederacy. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
The original First White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery, Alabama was their early residence. The second White House of the Confederacy is a gray stuccoed neoclassical mansion built in 1818 by John Brockenbrough, who was president of the Bank of Virginia. Designed by Robert Mills, Brockenbrough’s private residence was built in early nineteenth century on East Clay Street in Richmond's affluent Shockoe Hill neighborhood (later known as the Court End District), and was two blocks north of the Virginia State Capitol. Among his neighbors were U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall, Aaron Burr, defense attorney John Wickham, and future U.S. Senator Benjamin Watkins Leigh.
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