PRESIDENT MONROE HOUSE--Situated on Princess Anne Street one block above
the passenger depot is the old story and a half frame house to which
President James Monroe held a pocket deed to qualify him for his seat in
the House of Burgesses.
PAUL JONES HOUSE--The only home in America of John Paul Jones, on Main
Street near the depot.
[Illustration: INSIDE THE NATIONAL CEMETERY Showing Monument to
Commemorate the Charge of General Humphrey's Division 1862]
FEDERAL HILL--on Hanover street. In the latter part of the eighteenth
century the home of Thomas Reade Roots, a distinguished lawyer of that
time.
PLANTER'S HOTEL--Used before and during the Civil war as a hotel, at the
corner of Commerce and Charles Streets. In front of this hotel is a stone
block, placed there many years before the Civil war, used for the sale and
annual hire of slaves.
HOME OF GEN. DANIEL D. WHEELER--of the U. S. Army on the east side of
lower Main street. Built about 1765. Was the home of Dr. Charles Mortimer
who was physician to Mary Washington also the first Mayor of
Fredericksburg.
STEVENS HOUSE--Situated on "Sunken Road" the Confederate line of battle
1862-63 in front of fence. General Thos. R. R. Cobb, killed just inside of
yard.
ST. GEORGE'S BURYING GROUND--Colonel John Dandridge, the father of Martha
Washington was buried here in 1756. Wm. Paul, a brother of John Paul Jones
buried 1773. It is said that Fielding Lewis is buried under the steps of
the church. A number of remarkable tombstones can be found in the yard,
the inscription of one of which has puzzled all who have seen it, "Charles
M. Rathrock, departed this life Sept. 29th, 1084, aged three years."
CITY HALL--Built 1813--Used in 1824 for a grand ball and reception to
General Lafayette.
OLD EXCHANGE HOTEL (Now known as Hotel Frederick) built in 1837, part
destroyed by fire 1850, rebuilt but not used as a hotel until after the
Civil war. During the war was used as a hospital.
MASONIC GRAVEYARD--On corner of George and Charles Streets. General Lewis
Littleton was buried here in 1802.
[Illustration: Methodist Church, Baptist Church, Presbyterian Church, St.
George's Episcopal Church]
MARY WASHINGTON HOSPITAL--Erected by the ladies of Fredericksburg. Corner
stone was laid April 14th, 1899, a day to commemorate George Washington's
last visit to Fredericksburg and his dying mother. The corner-stone is a
portion of the old Mary Washington monument begun in 1833. Situated
overlooking the river and directly opposite Chatham. One of the pontoon
bridges of 1862 was directly in front of the hospital.
GUNNERY SPRING--The legend of Gunnery Spring is that all that drink of the
water will return to drink again some day. A visit to Fredericksburg is
not complete without a visit to this old spring.