Brentmoor
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Brentmoor, also known as the Spilman-Mosby House in Warrenton, Virginia
, is a historic site that was the home of Confederate
military leader John Singleton Mosby. The house was built in 1859 as the residence of Judge Edward M. Spilman, who later sold the house to James Keith, president of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Mosby purchased the property in 1875, only to sell it in 1877 to Confederate general Eppa Hunton
. Brentmoor was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and it currently serves as the location for the John Singleton Mosby Museum and Education Center, founded by Patricia B. Fitch in 2001
Brentmoor is a two-story Italianate
style house, three bays wide. The central bay is emphasized by a slight projection and a cross gable, with a triple round-headed window on the second floor. A porch extends across the front of the main floor, supported by coupled, bracketed columns. The center-hall plan features a single room to either side of the hall. An ell to the rear contains service rooms. Outbuildings include a brick two-story kitchen and a smokehouse, which surround a courtyard-like space behind the house.
Warrenton, Virginia
Warrenton is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census, and 14,634 at the 2010 estimate. It is the county seat of Fauquier County. Public schools in the town include Fauquier High School, Warrenton Middle School, Taylor Middle School and two...
, is a historic site that was the home of Confederate
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
military leader John Singleton Mosby. The house was built in 1859 as the residence of Judge Edward M. Spilman, who later sold the house to James Keith, president of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Mosby purchased the property in 1875, only to sell it in 1877 to Confederate general Eppa Hunton
Eppa Hunton
Eppa Hunton II was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Early years:...
. Brentmoor was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and it currently serves as the location for the John Singleton Mosby Museum and Education Center, founded by Patricia B. Fitch in 2001
Brentmoor is a two-story Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
style house, three bays wide. The central bay is emphasized by a slight projection and a cross gable, with a triple round-headed window on the second floor. A porch extends across the front of the main floor, supported by coupled, bracketed columns. The center-hall plan features a single room to either side of the hall. An ell to the rear contains service rooms. Outbuildings include a brick two-story kitchen and a smokehouse, which surround a courtyard-like space behind the house.