Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico

Name: Commanding General's Quarters
Address: Quantico, United States

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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, 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. ()

Built: 1920 (105 years ago)Coordinates: 38°31'36"N, 77°18'1"W

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Commanding General's Quarters – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: National Museum of the Marine Corps, Weems–Botts Museum, Aquia Church, Public Quarry at Government Island.

2.6 miNW
History museum, Specialty museum, Military museum
National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle
67 min walk • The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the historical museum of the United States Marine Corps. Located in Triangle, Virginia near MCB Quantico, the museum opened on November 10, 2006, and is now one of the top tourist attractions in the state, drawing over 500,000 people annually.
3.3 miNW
History museum, Museum
Weems–Botts Museum, Dumfries
85 min walk • Weems–Botts House Museum is a small historic museum in Dumfries, Virginia, United States. The museum includes the landmark Weems–Botts House on the corner of Duke Street and Cameron Street and the Weems–Botts Museum Annex, which houses the Lee Lansing Research Library and Archive, located at 3944 Cameron Street.
7 miSW
Historical place, Cemetery, Church
Aquia Church, Stafford
179 min walk • Aquia Church is a historic church and congregation at 2938 Richmond Highway in Stafford, Virginia, USA. It is an Episcopal congregation founded in 1711, that meets in an architecturally exceptional Georgian brick building that was built in the 1750s.
6.9 miSW
Park
Public Quarry at Government Island, Stafford
178 min walk • The Public Quarry at Government Island in Stafford County, Virginia is the principal source of Aquia Creek sandstone, a building stone used in many of the early government buildings in Washington, D.C. including the U.S. Capitol and the White House.
5.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Freestone Point Confederate Battery, Leesylvania State Park
136 min walk • Freestone Point Confederate Battery is a historic American Civil War gun emplacement located at Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia.
6.7 miSW
Area
Aquia Harbour, Stafford
171 min walk • Aquia Harbour is a census-designated place in Stafford County, Virginia, United States, 13 miles north of Fredericksburg. The population was 6,727 at the 2010 census.
3.7 miW
Cemetery
Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico
94 min walk • Quantico National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Triangle, Virginia for veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces.
3.4 miNW
Cemetery
Dumfries Cemetery, Dumfries
87 min walk • The Dumfries Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Dumfries, Virginia. It is located on Mine Road near Cameron Street. The cemetery includes graves of original pioneers of Dumfries from 1667. It also contains unmarked graves from the Civil War.
3.2 miNW
Georgian architecture
Old Hotel, Dumfries
81 min walk • Old Hotel, also known as Williams Ordinary and Love's Tavern, is a historic inn and tavern located at Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia. It is dated to about 1765, and is a two-story, five bay, Georgian style brick building. It features stone quoins and a stone doorway.
5.3 miNE
National park
Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge
135 min walk • The Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located along the Potomac River in Virginia, at the point where it meets Neabsco Creek.
1.3 miS
Island
Chopawamsic
34 min walk • Chopawamsic Island is one of the few islands in the Potomac River within the territorial boundaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia.