The Big House

This landscape re-creates elements of a typical Southside Virginia plantation during the mid-nineteenth century. Tudor Hall, an original nineteenth-century building, stood at the center of a farm that supported the owner, his family, and their slaves. Its exterior has been restored to its appearance in 1864-1865, and its outbuildings have been re-created. The furnished rooms show how the house was used at different times during the Civil War, first as a civilian home and later as a Confederate military headquarters. Other plantation structures include the kitchen behind the house, the enclosed kitchen garden to the east, and the barn to the west.

Virginia · United States