Mansion House is a historic home located at McDowell,

Highland County, Virginia Highland County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,232. Its county seat is Monterey. Known as "Virginia's Switzerland" or "Virginia's Little Switzerland", Highland County is the lea ...

. It was built in 1851, and is a two-story, three-bay, L-shaped brick dwelling in the

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style. It has a central-passage/single-pile-plan. Also on the property are a contributing frame shed, and the sites of a log kitchen structure and outbuilding. The house served as an

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hospital in the time around the

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on May 8, 1862. In 1886, the building was sold to James and Mary Bradshaw, who operated it as a hotel until 1930. an
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in 2006. The house is now owned by the Highland County Historical Society and operated as the Highland County Museum.

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External links

Highland County Museum
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