Before the Civil War, the Exchange Hotel with its high ceiling parlors and grand veranda welcomed passengers from the two rail lines: the Virginia Central Railroad and the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Current Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-4pm
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Ewell’s Chapel Civil War Trails Site
Battle Sites, Historical Sites, Battle Sites, Historical Sites
A Federal trap set for John S. Mosby June 22 1863, failed to capture the Confederate partisan and his rangers. A Union casualty of the little fight is buried near the chapel. Near here Confederate Gen. Richard Ewell was brought from the Second Manassas Battlefield to recover from his amputation.
Ellwood Manor
Historical Homes, Historical Sites, Historical Homes, Historical Sites
William Jones built Ellwood circa 1790, and he or his descendants would own the place for the next century. In 1825, Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette dined at Ellwood during his triumphant tour of America. Other founding fathers, such as James Madison and James Monroe, may have stopped here, too.
Eisenhower National Historical Park
Historical Sites, Museums, Historical Sites, Museums
Located adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield, the home and farm of President Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower served as a weekend retreat and a meeting place for world leaders. The 690 acre site includes four farms, three of which were used by President Eisenhower for his show herd of Black Angus cattle.
Edgehill Plantation Historic Marker
Historical Sites, Historical Sites
The land was patented in 1735. The old house was built in 1790; the new in 1828. Here lived Thomas Mann Randolph, Governor of Virginia, 1819-1822, who married Martha, daughter of Thomas Jefferson.
Douglass High School
Historical Sites, Historical Sites
Douglass High School symbolizes the quiet tenacity and sense of purpose evinced by Loudoun County’s black citizens in their determination to secure a high standard of secondary education for their children.
Dobbin House Tavern
Historical Sites, Historical Sites
Restaurants
Built in 1776, the Dobbin House is “…Beautifully and Authentically Restored” and open to the public as a colonial restaurant. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it consistently wins Mobil Guide’s highest area rating.
Depot (c. 1904) Culpeper Visitors Center
Historical Sites, Historical Sites
In 1852, the Orange and Alexandria Railroad built two depots at this location, one on the east side of the tracks for freight and one on the west side of the tracks for passengers. Although these buildings survived the Civil War, including the Battle of Culpeper Courthouse on September 13, 1863, the occupation and fighting […]
David Wills House
Historical Homes, Historical Sites, Museums, Historical Homes, Historical Sites, Museums
The three-story home of Gettysburg attorney David Wills, built about 1816, was the center of the immense clean-up process after the Battle of Gettysburg and where President Lincoln stayed before giving his Gettysburg Address, the speech that transformed Gettysburg’s community from a place of devastation to the symbol of our nation’s “new birth of freedom.”
Cunningham Falls State Park
Historical Sites, Historical Sites
Camping, Canoeing, Hiking, Scenic Drives and Trails
The Park is known for its history and scenic beauty, as well as its 78-foot cascading waterfall (locally known as McAfee Falls) – the largest cascading waterfall in the State of Maryland. The park was originally part of the Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area created by the federal government in 1936, to demonstrate the restoration of […]
Culpeper National Cemetery
Historical Sites, Historical Sites
Established on April 13, 1867, it was dedicated as the final resting place for the heroes of the United States who fell in battle or died of disease during the Civil War in the surrounding Culpeper area.
Culpeper County Courthouse
Historical Sites, Historical Sites
Soon after the county was formed in 1749, a frame courthouse was constructed on the northeast corner of Main and Davis streets. In 1808, this unsafe building was demolished, and a two-story brick building was erected on the same site.