Misplaced Pages

General William Rosecrans Headquarters

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Historic house in Alabama, United States

United States historic place
Gen. William Rosecrans Headquarters
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
General William Rosecrans Headquarters is located in AlabamaGeneral William Rosecrans HeadquartersShow map of AlabamaGeneral William Rosecrans Headquarters is located in the United StatesGeneral William Rosecrans HeadquartersShow map of the United States
LocationMyrtle Pl.
Stevenson, Alabama
Coordinates34°52′23″N 85°50′9″W / 34.87306°N 85.83583°W / 34.87306; -85.83583
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1855 (1855)
NRHP reference No.78000490
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1978

The General William Rosecrans Headquarters (also known as the Rosser Alston House) is a historic residence in Stevenson, Alabama. The house is a single-story brick hall and parlor house built circa 1855 as a residence for railroad engineers who were building the routes through Jackson County. In the buildup to the Chickamauga Campaign of the American Civil War, Union General William Rosecrans selected Stevenson as the staging site for battle. In addition to building Fort Harker just south of town, Rosecrans used the house as his personal headquarters. Walter Rosser, a construction engineer from Michigan, purchased the house and land before the war, and lived in the house after the war. As of 1978, the house was in ruins, with the roof, one wall and parts of the others collapsed. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  2. Secrist, Phillip L. (January 25, 1978). "Gen. William Rosecrans Headquarters". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
Lists
by county


Lists by city
Other lists


Stub icon

This article about a property in Alabama on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: