Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-20
WHITE HOUSE ISHOME,
OF PRICELESS RELICS
Jefferson Davis Old Residence. Now Confederate NIu
scum, Filled With Things Sacred to Lost Cause
Fifteen States Maintain Room Pcrpctually

II there is ono shrine In Richmond
al which all Scuthcrncrs are proud
l" worship. IL is the White House OF
the tontedcraCy. repository OF tho
greatest collection OF things sacred
10 the Lost Cause in the entire ma
ton.
ASK strangers what they consider
the most interesting sight in Rich
mond. If they came from North of
The Mason and DIXON line they will
without hesitation say The Courcd-
crate Museum So 1t liz with an air
OF reverence that those whose kin
shed their blood in defense Of the
south have come to look upuu the
building. which. during the irving
days OF 81 10 90 was the very
heart Of the CONFERENCE.-THE home
OF its beloved President.
Great Confederate CnIIcction.
Located ~ Twelfth and Clay Streets
Is 10 bc found this interesting home
OF the type that is instinCtivcly as
sociated with the Old South And AS
sacred as the spot would be If only
an empty shell. this Is tho exur,
reverse as the building houses IN.
greatest collection OF Confcdcrni,
relics and mcmcntocs Of any mace
IN the South. IL is the real shrine.
oil the southland and The hours spcut
III the historic mansion are profitable
as well as inspiring.
The White House of The rorroa
cracy is so-called because /, was oc
cupied by Jefferson Davis and his
family during the War Between tho
states. In il were held many of tho
conferences which now make his
tory. In II was born Winnie Davis
daughter of the Conredcracy. aud
from the rear balcony plunged li,tlc
Joe Davis TO his death The man
sion originally was the home Of Or
Brockcnbrough. and was erected in
1903 1t is beautiful example NJ
antebcllum architecture, with tho
small street entrance and the reor
a wide. sweeping portico with mas
siFe columns overlooking the gar
den.
City bought Mansion.
me mouse was sold to the city of
h'ch'hond in 1862 with the cXpcc-
tation that 1t would he presented
10 President Davis as the elf, of
the city. Mr.. Davis however. dc.
ciined the gift and the house WAS
thereafter leased by the Confederate
government and occupied bv tho
Davis family until the evacuation
OF Richmond. General Gcofrcy Wet
Eel. commanding the Federal troops
made the house his hcaduIarrcrs
when he entered Richmond ana /,
was used by the I-u.on forces for
five years.
Besides its associ ZION with In.
great Confederate lcadr;a. such AS
Lee ana Jackson. the bIiid!ng has nm
interest 10 Northern visitors through
bcihs the house in which President,
Abraham Lincoln wMS Gwen a re-
ception jus; a few da.s prior to hi:
tragic end.
In 1880 fifteen womer. members a..
the Hollywood Memorial Assassination
AFTER gathering the dead from many
nattieheids and rciuterriug them i'm
Hollywood. determined 10 pcrpo,ua,o
the memory OF II just cause and ITO
deeds Of their heroes, by collecting !,
- museum relies. cmblcms. documents
ana other memorials Of the war. Mrs
Joseph Bryan headed this. BODY. ana
tho Confederate Memorial LITERARY
society was the outcome
Used nj Public SrhooI
the paN is mansion had bc,p ,,sod
by the city Tor Il school. coIopci
J"hh Il. cary was elected To the ,i,,
Council for the express purpose Of !
getting the building for n musc,n,