Contentment (Mount Crawford, Virginia) Explained

Contentment
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 17, 2004[1]
Designated Other1 Number:082-0062
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:253 Contentment Ln., near Mount Crawford, Virginia
Coordinates:38.3419°N -78.9369°W
Architecture:Federal
Added:May 19, 2004
Refnum:04000481

Contentment, also known as the Grattan House, is a historic home located near Mount Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built in 1823, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick Federal style dwelling. It has a pair of slightly projecting interior end chimneys placed at each end of the standing-seam metal gable roof with a brick parapet between each pair. During the American Civil War, on June 2–3, 1864, the house served as the headquarters of Confederate General John D. Imboden before the Battle of Piedmont. It was also the site of one of the major skirmishes before the Confederate defeat at Cedar Creek, near Winchester. That skirmish was initiated by General Jubal Early and began at Contentment on October 4, 1864.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Contentment. Sarah W. Foster. John T. Foster. August 2003. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. https://web.archive.org/web/20170207035854/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Rockingham/082-0062_Contentment_2004_Final_Nomination.pdf. 2017-02-07. dead. and Accompanying four photos