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This is how the house appeared until 1993 when it burned down, the victim of arson. ]]>2014-10-14T02:26:21-04:00
Title
Robinson House - 1926
Description
With the 1926 renovation to their home the Robinsons built a new structure rather than adding to the original house. Creating a two story frame home with two rooms per floor the Robinsons also added improvements like indoor plumbing at this time.
This is how the house appeared until 1993 when it burned down, the victim of arson.
Source
National Park Service, Archaeology Program. View Original.
Again adding onto his original home, another wing was added to Robinson House. As Robinson's wealth and family continued to grow throughout the nineteenth century so too did his home.
Source
National Park Service, Archaeology Program. View Original.
1871 was the first time that Robinson expanded his home. Using funds received from the federal government for damages incurred during the Civil War, Robinson was able to rebuild and expand his home. The original structure was rebuilt along with a two story addition.
Source
National Park Service, Archaeology Program. View Original.
Built on land purchased in 1840, the Robinson's original house was a one room, 400 square foot simple structure. Small even for the standards of the time, the house itself was so small because Robinson, his wife, and their children would spend most of their time outdoors - either farming or working in the house yard.
Source
National Park Service, Archaeology Program. View Original.
The second in a series of woodcuts depicting the Second Battle of Manassas, this shows the devastated fields after battle. No longer lush with crops, the fields have been laid barren, hurting the livelihoods of local residents only one year after the First Battle of Manassas. Robinson House Farm can be seen in the background.
This wood cut depicting a charge during the First Battle of Manassas in July of 1861 shows Confederate leaders Bee, Bartow, and Evans rallying the troops. Visible in the background is a small farm, Robinson House Farm. Also located on what is today known as Henry Hill, the Robinsons experienced the devastation of the war firsthand.
Robinson house, pictured here, was a small 400 square foot house built around 1840. This is how the home would have appeared during both of the Battles of Manassas, remaining unchanged until an expansion in 1871.
Source
“The Robinson House,” Archeology and Ethnography Program, National Park Service, View Original.