Built 1820 NRHP Reference # 79003279 Designated VLR May 15, 1979 Area 4 ha | Architectural style Other, Roman Revival VLR # 111-0008 Opened 1820 Added to NRHP 24 July 1979 | |
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Location Hanover St. and Sunken Rd., Fredericksburg, Virginia Similar Federal Hill, The Chimneys, Matthew Fontaine Maury Sc, Lewis Store, Idlewild | ||
Brompton, originally known as Marye House, is an historic house located on heights overlooking the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The house was built in 1838 by Laurence Mayre. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 1979.
The house sits atop an area of Fredericksburg known as 'Marye's Heights'. The town was about 400 yards from Brompton and was a Confederate stronghold against repeated Union Army assaults on the slope during the Battle of Fredericksburg (1862–1863). Confederate General James Longstreet maintained his headquarters at Brompton.
Brompton currently serves as the residence of the President of the University of Mary Washington.
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