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The Exchange Hotel is a Civil War Medical Museum with a connection to railroad history of central Virginia. There is an emphasis on the part played by African Americans as Confederate Soldiers and hospital personnel, (nurses, food purveyors, burial details, etc). During the war the Confederate Hospital consisted of 125 acres with structures and tents for patient treatment, ultimately treating 70,0000 patients (both Federal and Confederate) with a death rate of less than 1%. The hospital grounds also had a Pest House for the treatment of known infectious diseases, icehouse, blacksmith shop and stables. The only buildings that remain from the Confederate Hospital era are the hotel building and the summer kitchen. It also deals with the history of Gordonsville and the Freedman’s Bureau that took over the Hotel/Hospital after the Civil War ended in 1865.

Website address:  www.hgiexchange.org

Location: 400 South Main Street, Gordonsville, VA
Mailing address: Exchange Hotel, Box 542, Gordonsville, VA 22942

Directions:
From Washington D.C: Take I-66 west to U.S 29 south to U.S. 15 south at Culpeper. Follow U.S. 15 south to Gordonsville. At traffic circle follow 15/33/MainSt. east 2/3 mile. Exchange Hotel is located on left across the R.R. tracks and opposite Preddy’s Funeral Home
From Richmond, VA: Take I-64 west to Exit 136(U.S. 15). Take U.S. 15 north 11.2 miles to Main Street. Exchange Hotel located on right across R.R. tracks, just before downtown business district. Exchange Hotel located across from Preddy’s Funeral Home.
From Charlottesville: Take 240 east to 231/22 to Gordonsville. At traffic circle make a right onto U.S. 33/15/MainSt. 2/3 mile to end of downtown business district. Hotel located on left across R.R. tracks and opposite Preddy’s Funeral Home.

Education Contact at Site: Bob Kocozvsky

Phone: (540)832-2944 Email Address: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Theme Addressed at Site: Land of Conflict and Reunification

Education Programs and Corresponding SOL 

Programs We Can Do at Our Site:

Tours can be tailored to the interest of individuals or groups. Emphasis can be placed on: the Gordonsville Receiving and Forwarding Hospital; the Virginia Central Railroad and The Orange and Alexandria Railroad that operated in the area during the Civil War; the CSX Railroad and the Buckingham Branch Railroad that currently use the 19th Century railroad bed and tracks; civilian life in Gordonsville. We are in the process of setting special emersion tours one night a month. These night tours will deal with only one subject and will be approximately 3 hours long. Other topics might include telegraph technology, medicine (including medicines made from the natural flora of the area), and ghosts that still live on the grounds.

Other Site Features of Interest to Students and Teachers

Ghost Tales; the Chessie logo and story with Chessie WW II prints; a children’s book about the Civil War

Pre-Visit Materials Available 

Museum brochure

Program fees and miscellaneous  

Maximum Number of Students: At school: 40    Minimum:  None

Admission/Program Fee:  Adults $6, Seniors $5, Children (6-18) $3. Special rates available for group tours.

Handicap Accessibility: None

Bus/Vehicle Accessibility: Parking lot available

Season of Operation: March 15 to December 15
Hours of Operation:  Monday- Saturday: 10:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M. Closed Wednesday. Sunday: 1:00 – 4:00 P.M. Last Tour starts at 3:00 P.M.

Picnic facilities/Nearest restaurant options: Picnic tables available on the grounds.

Restroom accessibility: One restroom in the building.

Chaperone Requirements ( No. chaperones/no. of students): One per ten students

Is there anything else we should know about your site? Living History/Civil War Weekend - Memorial Day weekend (May 26-28, 2007). May 26-27 will be a Civil War Re-enactment only. May 28 will be for re-enactment and display for all wars in which the United States was involved, from the French and Indian War to the Gulf Wars. Anyone interested who has informational material from these wars is invited to bring and set up a display.

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