It was recognized and placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Augand acknowledged as an African-American Memorial Site in June of 2002. 42.7 miles from Gordonsville, VA This 1856 antebellum home was formerly known as the Warren-Sip House, and during the Civil War, it served as a hospital for wounded soldiers. acquired and restored the property in 1971. The Civil War displays of uniforms and weapons and surgical artifacts remind the visitor of the era when the building served as a Battlefield Receiving Hospital-the scene of untold agony and death, the building survived the conflict and is the only Receiving Hospital still standing in Virginia.ĭuring the reconstruction period, the Gordonsville Receiving Hospital served the newly freed slaves as a Freedman's Bureau Hospital. This historic hotel located in Gordonsville, Virginia was used during the Civil War as a receiving hospital for wounded Confederate and Union soldiers. Education- Began as a Hotel in 1860 and became a Civil War hospital then a Freedmens Bureau. Among the many artifacts currently on display are: surgical instruments used by Confederate medical staff, various pharmaceutical bottles and containers, medical knapsacks and panniers, stretchers and litters, prosthetic devices, and dental tools. aka Exchange Hotel Civil War Museum Gordonsville, VA.
The Museum houses a world-renowned collection of artifacts relating to medical care during the Civil War. The Georgian architecture with its verandas and second floor entry steps are reminiscent of Hotel days of a bygone era. Save up to 60 off with our Hot Rate deals when. Three floors of displays in an 1860 railroad hotel take the vistor back in time. Check out our cheap hotel deals near Civil War Museum At The Exchange Hotel, Gordonsville, VA from 119. The Civil War Museum at the Exchange Hotel is a museum containing exhibitions on the history of Gordonsville as a railroad town, the elegance of the Exchange Hotel and its transformation and remarkable history as the Gordonsville Receiving Hospital with its medical and Civil War artifacts.
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