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Contentment (Mount Crawford, Virginia)

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Coordinates: 38°20′31″N 78°56′13″W / 38.34194°N 78.93694°W / 38.34194; -78.93694
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Contentment
View from U.S. Route 11
Contentment (Mount Crawford, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Contentment (Mount Crawford, Virginia)
Contentment (Mount Crawford, Virginia) is located in the United States
Contentment (Mount Crawford, Virginia)
Location253 Contentment Ln., near Mount Crawford, Virginia
Coordinates38°20′31″N 78°56′13″W / 38.34194°N 78.93694°W / 38.34194; -78.93694
Area3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1823 (1823)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.04000481[1]
VLR No.082-0062
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 19, 2004
Designated VLRMarch 17, 2004[2]

Contentment, also known as the Grattan House, is a historic home located near Mount Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built in 1823, and is a two-story, five bay, brick Federal style dwelling. It has a pair of slightly projecting interior end chimneys placed at each end of the standing-seam metal gable roof with a brick parapet between each pair. During the American Civil War, on June 2–3, 1864, the house served as the headquarters of Confederate General John D. Imboden the Battle of Piedmont. It was also the site of one of the major skirmishes before the Confederate defeat at Cedar Creek, near Winchester. That skirmish was initiated by General Jubal Early and began at Contentment on October 4, 1864.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Sarah W. Foster and John T. Foster (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Contentment" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2013-10-06. and Accompanying four photos


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