South East Street Historic District

South East Street Historic District is a residential area at the edge of downtown Culpeper, Virginia. It covers South East Street between Stevens and Page Streets, a block of East Asher and East Chandler Streets, and the Culpeper National Cemetery. The oldest confirmed house is the late Federal-style Episcopal rectory, shown on an 1835 map. From the 1850s the street grew into a fashionable address near the courthouse, with ornamented houses such as the 1852 Carpenter's Gothic cottage and the 1857 Italianate E. B. Hill Mansion. Later building added Victorian, Colonial Revival, Bungalow and Cape Cod houses. The district escaped physical damage in the Civil War, though troops camped on its open land and used homes as residences and hospitals. Large lots, mature trees and long family ownership have preserved much original character. It holds the town's largest concentration of historic domestic architecture, which is why it was listed.