A. P. Hill Boyhood Home is a historic home located at Culpeper,

Culpeper County, Virginia Culpeper County is a county located along the borderlands of the northern and central region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 52,552. Its county seat and only incorporated community is Culp ...

, United States.

History

The original section was built about 1820, and enlarged to its present size about 1860. It is a three-story, five bay by seven bay, brick building in the Tuscan villa style townhouse. It was originally three bays deep, but enlarged to seven bays just before the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

. It was built by Revolutionary War General Edward Stevens, then purchased by the father of General

A. P. Hill Ambrose Powell Hill Jr. (November 9, 1825April 2, 1865) was a Confederate general who was killed in the American Civil War. He is usually referred to as A. P. Hill to differentiate him from another, unrelated Confederate general, Daniel Harvey Hi ...

in 1832. It housed a dwelling and store. The Hill family sold the property in 1862. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1973. It is located in the

Culpeper Historic District Culpeper Historic District is a national historic district located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. History It encompasses 129 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of the town ...

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References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Italianate architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1820 Houses in Culpeper County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Culpeper County, Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia {{CulpeperCountyVA-NRHP-stub