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Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base

Coordinates: 38°31′36″N 77°18′1″W / 38.52667°N 77.30028°W / 38.52667; -77.30028
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Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base
Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base is located in Northern Virginia
Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base
Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base is located in Virginia
Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base
Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base is located in the United States
Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base
Location100 Block of Neville Rd., Quantico Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia
Coordinates38°31′36″N 77°18′1″W / 38.52667°N 77.30028°W / 38.52667; -77.30028
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.09000540[1]
VLR No.287-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 2009
Designated VLRMarch 19, 2009[2]

Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base, also known as Building Number 1 and Quarters 1, is a historic home located at Marine Corps Base Quantico,[3] Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia. It was built in 1920, and is a large, two-story, concrete-block-and-frame, Dutch Colonial Revival style house. The main block consists of a two-story, five-bay, symmetrical, gambrel-roofed central block with lower level walls covered with stucco. It has flanking wings consisting of a service wing and wing with a porch and second story addition. Also on the property is a contributing two-car, hipped roof, stucco-covered garage. The house is a contributing resource with the Quantico Marine Base Historic District.[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

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  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. ^ "History of Marine Corps Base Quantico Program".
  4. ^ Stephen A. Hansen (December 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos