{"nrhp_refnum":"66000924","name":"White House of the Confederacy","other_names":["Brockenbrough Mansion","Museum of the Confederacy","Dr. John Bro"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Clay and 12th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.540590203500074,"lon":-77.4296161201961,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1960-12-19","areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A white stuccoed-brick house at Clay and 12th Streets in Richmond, Virginia, built in 1818 to a design by Robert Mills, later the Confederate executive mansion and now a museum.","why_significant":"It served as the Executive Mansion of the seceding states from 1861 to 1865, and President Jefferson Davis and his family lived there throughout their time in Richmond. Many decisions critical to the course of the Civil War were likely made there. It is recognized as a National Historic Landmark for Civil War political and military history.","narrative":"Built in 1818 and designed by Robert Mills, this white stuccoed-brick house at Clay and 12th Streets in Richmond has a shallow, flat-roofed Roman-Doric portico and a small cupola on its roof. A third-story addition in 1844 altered its original lines. Known as the Brockenbrough Mansion, it was bought and furnished by the Confederacy as a worthy executive residence for the Davis family. From 1861 to 1865 it served as the Executive Mansion of the seceding states, and President Jefferson Davis lived there with his family throughout their stay in Richmond. Many decisions that shaped the course of the war were likely made within its walls. After use as a school from 1878 to 1893, the house was saved from ruin by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, which turned it into a museum of Confederate relics. At the time of the nomination, a new museum building and a restoration to Civil War condition were planned.","period_of_significance":"1861-1865","architect_builder":"Robert Mills","architectural_style":"Roman-Doric style portico","criteria":[],"status_note":"In use as a Confederate museum; structurally sound but in need of surface repairs, with restoration to its Civil War appearance planned in 1974.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.608721-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/6791/41679141/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/66000924_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000924/b5bf80ec1e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000924/b5bf80ec1e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"AlbertHerring","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_House_of_the_Confederacy_-_entrance,_May_2013.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">AlbertHerring</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_House_of_the_Confederacy_-_entrance,_May_2013.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679141","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_of_the_Confederacy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7994925"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/white-house-of-the-confederacy-66000924/"}