User:Wikipelli/Rowe House (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

The Rowe House is an historic house located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The house was constructed in 1828 for George Rowe (1793-1866). The two-story, Federal and Greek Revival house is located on Hanover Street in Fredericksburg. In November 2008 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is noted for its architectural significance and as an example of late-nineteenth century life in Fredericksburg.

Design and construction
'', built in 1828, is a significant Federal-style dwelling located on Hanover Street on the edge of the historic core of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia. It is a remarkable, twostory, four-bay, double-pile, side-passage-plan dwelling. The brick house, with its English basement, molded brick cornice, deep gable roof, and two-story front porch, stands on a large lot on the north side of Hanover Street.

''The principal façade has exterior doors in the first and third openings from the west on the first floor and basement levels and a door in the third opening on the second floor. The west gable end features plain windows lighting each room and the garret. Twin chimneys rise on either side of a semi-circular gable window in the east end. A one-story, brick, two-room addition, also with a raised basement, extends to the east. A one-story, late nineteenth-century frame wing projects to the north. It was enlarged in the early twentieth century by additions along the east side. 

History
During the American Civil War, the Rowe House served as a hospital.