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Clearview is a historic home located at Falmouth,
Stafford County, Virginia Stafford County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is approximately south of Washington, D.C. It is part of the Northern Virginia region, and the D.C area. It is one of the fastest-growing and highest-income counties in ...
. It was built about 1749 and is a two-story, five-bay, frame dwelling. It has a hipped roof, exterior end chimneys, and a distyle
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 wit ...
front porch. The house measures approximately 42 feet by 26 feet, with an 18 by 26 foot wing added in 1918–1919. The property was used by the Union army as an artillery position during the
Battle of Fredericksburg The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. The combat between the Union Army, Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Major general ( ...
in December, 1862. and http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Stafford/Clearview_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo''] It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1975. It is located in the
Falmouth Historic District Falmouth Historic District is a national historic district located at Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia. The district includes 29 contributing buildings in the historic core of the town of Falmouth. Notable buildings include Basil Gordon Wa ...
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1796 National Register of Historic Places in Stafford County, Virginia Houses in Stafford County, Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia 1796 establishments in Virginia {{StaffordCountyVA-NRHP-stub