Brompton - Fredericksburg, VA
Posted by: 
vhasler
N 38° 17.754 W 077° 28.111
18S E 284128 N 4241529
Brompton, formerly known as the Marye House, had a direct vantage point during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Now home for the president of University of Mary Washington.
Waymark Code: WM9ZXD
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2010
Views: 9
Brompton, built in 1838, is brick home with a white-columned porch overlooking Fredericksburg. The vantage point also looks across Marye Heights, where the Union soldiers charged the Confederates entrenched along Sunken Road. The house and surrounding area still has the battle scars of artillery fire and trenches. The house later served as a Union hospital. Now it is the home for the president of the University of Mary Washington.
Street address:
Hanover St. and Sunken Rd.,
Fredericksburg, VA USA
22401
County / Borough / Parish: Fredericksburg (city)
Year listed: 1979
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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