Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base Explained

Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 19, 2009[1]
Designated Other1 Number:287-0002
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:100 Block of Neville Rd., Quantico Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia
Coordinates:38.5267°N -77.3003°W
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:July 17, 2009
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:09000540

Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base, also known as Building Number 1 and Quarters 1, is a historic home located at Marine Corps Base Quantico,[2] Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia. It was built in 1920, and is a large, two-story, concrete-block-and-frame, Dutch Colonial Revival style house. The main block consists of a two-story, five-bay, symmetrical, gambrel-roofed central block with lower level walls covered with stucco. It has flanking wings consisting of a service wing and wing with a porch and second story addition. Also on the property is a contributing two-car, hipped roof, stucco-covered garage. The house is a contributing resource with the Quantico Marine Base Historic District.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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: History of Marine Corps Base Quantico Program.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base . Stephen A. Hansen. December 2008. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos