Historical Significance:

Kenmore was built in the 1770s by Fielding Lewis for his wife Betty, the sister of George Washington. When functional, the plantation grew tobacco, wheat, and corn. In December 1862, Kenmore's location on the Rappahannock made it vulnerable to attack as Federal forces tried to march through en route to Richmond. Kenmore also served as a makeshift military hospital after the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864.

Physical Description:

Kenmore is an 18th-century brick house, in the heart of historic Fredericksburg. The only building to survive from the Lewises’ plantation is the main house. Other buildings on the original property were of wood and included a kitchen, a dairy, a laundry, a meat house, store houses, farm buildings, and slave quarters.