{"nrhp_refnum":"73002215","name":"Jackson, Stonewall, House","other_names":["See Also","Lexington Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 E. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington (Independent City)","county":"Lexington","state":"VA","lat":37.78495709900005,"lon":-79.44124468799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick townhouse at 8 East Washington Street in Lexington, Virginia, built about 1801 on the northern half of lot 13, with a stone ell and a facade extensively remodelled in the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The house is important for its connection with Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson. It is the only house Jackson ever owned, and he lived there with his wife Anna Morrison from 1858 to 1861. He left to take a Virginia regiment colonelcy at the outbreak of the Civil War and returned to Lexington only to be buried.","narrative":"Located across from the courthouse in downtown Lexington, Virginia, this two-story, four-bay brick townhouse dates to about 1801. It has a full English basement and a two-story stone ell, which is believed to predate the brick front. The facade was extensively remodelled in the early twentieth century, and the front now has a large cross gable forming an engaged pediment with a circular window. Inside, fireplaces survive in every room. The house matters because of Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson, who bought it in 1858 and lived there with his wife, Anna Morrison, until 1861. It was the only house he ever owned. He left to accept a colonelcy with a Virginia regiment and returned to Lexington only to be buried. His widow kept ownership until 1904, when the United Daughters of the Confederacy bought it for use as a hospital that operated until 1953. In 1954 it became a historic house museum and memorial.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1801)","architect_builder":"Built for William Tidd or Cornelius Dorman about 1801","architectural_style":"Typical medium-size early-nineteenth-century Valley townhouse, with an early twentieth-century remodelled facade","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition and altered, on its original site, and used as a museum and memorial to Jackson.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.888077-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/6815/41681518/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002215.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002215/420db460d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002215/420db460d4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Carol M. Highsmith","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stonewall_Jackson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Carol M. Highsmith</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stonewall_Jackson_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001506","name":"Lexington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/lexington-historic-district-72001506/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681518","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7619367"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lexington/jackson-stonewall-house-73002215/"}