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a long block of privately owned homes built between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. Some still contain shell fragments from the battle of Fredericksburg.
A small liberal arts college near Downtown Fredericksburg. It has been voted, in the past, as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the United States, according to the Princeton Review. Its architecture is comparable to that of the University of Virginia.
Was the site of a key battle during the American Civil War. You can visit, for example, the infamous Marye's Heights.
A Georgian mansion that was once occupied by Fielding Lewis and Betty Washington Lewis, George Washington's sister.
A short walk from Kenmore. A small frame structure, it was purchased by George Washington in 1772 for his mother, Mary Ball Washington, who lived much of her widowhood in Fredericksburg. Of interest is the garden now maintained by a volunteer group of certified Master Gardeners. A huge crepe myrtle is thought to have been planted by Mary herself.
A restored 18th-century pharmacy. Take a tour, the guides are dressed in period attire and take you through the building explaining 18th-century medicine and local history.