There are southern mansions and there are southern mansions. This Italianate brick house was built in 1858 and is an eight-roomer with basement. As such, it is typical, its claim to fame being its use in the Civil War during the Warwick river seige of 1862 by Confederate General John Bankhead Magruder.
The tour here is guided and the house genuinely lacks anything of particular note other than the fact it is an antebellum house that survived the war. We were fortunate that the day we arrived there was a story-telling entertainment on the lawn and some Civil War re-creationists had set up an exhibit which we enjoyed immensely.
The basement features a Civil War exhibit about the campaign that swirled around the house. It is interesting. Admission for adults was $5. Want to see it? Try leehall.