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Court End

Early American Federal architecture that is open to the public in Court End include the John Marshall House, Monumental Church, the Wickham House at the Valentine Richmond History Center, the White House of the Confederacy at the Museum of the Confederacy, Executive Mansion and Virginia State Capitol.

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The Confederate Memorial Literary Society formed in 1890 to save the White House of the Confederacy from demolition.

Elizabeth Van Lew

It has been widely suggested that Van Lew convinced Varina Davis to hire Bowser as a household servant, enabling Bowser to spy in the White House of the Confederacy.

Monumental Church

Following the 1811 theatre fire, the church was commissioned by Chief Justice John Marshall and designed by architect Robert Mills, the first American-born architect, the only pupil of Thomas Jefferson and the architect of the Washington Monument and White House of the Confederacy.

Richmond in the American Civil War

The White House of the Confederacy (part of the private, non-profit Museum of the Confederacy) has been fully restored to its wartime appearance and is open for daily tours.

Richmond Theatre fire

It was designed by architect Robert Mills, the only pupil of Thomas Jefferson; Mills was also the architect of the Washington Monument and White House of the Confederacy.

Varina Anne Davis

Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis was born one year before the end of the American Civil War in the White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.

White House of the Confederacy

First White House of the Confederacy, the first Confederate "White House" in Montgomery, Alabama

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Museum of the Confederacy, the second, and most used, Confederate "White House" in Richmond, Virginia

Drawing room

During the US Civil War, in the White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, the drawing room was just off the parlor where C.S.A. President Jefferson Davis greeted his guests.

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