Hill Mansion 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 ...

. It was built in 1857–1858, and is a two-story, four-bay, brick dwelling in the

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style. It measures 39 feet by 38 feet, 7 inches, and rests on a high brick foundation. The front facade features a one-story porch consisting of an arcade, supported on

Tuscan order The Tuscan order (Latin ''Ordo Tuscanicus'' or ''Ordo Tuscanus'', with the meaning of Etruscan order) is one of the two classical orders developed by the Romans, the other being the composite order. It is influenced by the Doric order, but with u ...

piers, with a bracketed cornice. It was the home of Edward Baptist Hill, whose brother, 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 ...

, was a frequent visitor during the

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. It also served as a Confederate hospital and later as headquarters for Union officers. an
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in 1980. It is included in the

South East Street Historic District South East Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia. It encompasses 76 contributing buildings in a residential section of the town of Culpeper. The earliest houses date to the 1830s ...

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