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Chatham Manor is a Georgian-style mansion home completed in 1771 by farmer and statesman William Fitzhugh, after about three years of construction, on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, opposite Fredericksburg.
17 de feb. de 2024 · 14 minutes, 2 seconds. For 250 years, Chatham Manor has dominated the heights opposite Fredericksburg on the banks of the Rappahannock River. Follow Chatham's history from slave plantation to Civil War, from ruin to rebirth, from private property to a protected historic site.
Chatham Manor, 120 Chatham Lane, Fredericksburg, originally built by William Fitzhugh, 1768–1771, restored, with changes, by Oliver H. Clark for Daniel Bradford Devore, from 1920. Landscape: Ellen Biddle Shipman, from 1922. David Hanlon, gardener. Fitzhugh married Ann Bolling Randolph (1747–1805), also descended from the First Families of Virginia.
Visit Chatham Manor. Constructed in 1771, Chatham witnessed the horrors of slavery, the establishment of the United States, conflict surrounding the institution of slavery and Civil War, Reconstruction, Colonial Revivalism and today, the continued struggle to come to terms with the country’s past.
Chatham Manor is a Georgian-style mansion home completed in 1771 by farmer and statesman William Fitzhugh, after about three years of construction, on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, opposite Fredericksburg.
Overview. The Chatham Manor house stands overlooking the Rappahannock River and the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The house was named after William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham. The grand manor house, built between 1768 and 1771 by William Fitzhugh in the Georgian-style, was the center of a large, thriving plantation for many years.
26 de abr. de 2017 · Amidst the modern structures and developments of Fredericksburg, Virginia, lies a historic gem. Chatham Manor embellishes a 250-year history of Southern living. It has witnessed both the birth of a nation and the near- destruction of one. Built upon Stafford Heights, Chatham stands imposingly over the Rappahannock River and Fredericksburg, and has seen the area grow from a settler's community ...
