Type Hotel Country United States Opened 1860 Renovated 1906 | Address 121 N. Fairfax Street Demolished 1970s Town or city Alexandria | |
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Similar Carlyle House, Alexandria Black History M, Stabler‑Leadbeater Apothecary Shop, Lyceum, Lee‑Fendall House | ||
Mansion House Hospital, was a Union hospital, during the American Civil War, formed after Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, and the seizure of the Mansion House Hotel.
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History
The owners of the hotel built it in front of their luxurious home, the Carlyle House—the "mansion" in the hotel's name.
The hospital was the largest Union hospital in the region, with 500 beds. Most of the former hospital complex was torn down in the 1970s, when the State of Virginia wanted to build a park to surround and better highlight the Carlyle House mansion.
Media
In 2016 PBS broadcast a miniseries, Mercy Street, set in the hospital.
References
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