Historic Structures Report, Part I: Administrative, Historical, and Architectural Data, Mariah Wright House, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Schlegel MW and Carroll OW. 1959. Historic Structures Report, Part I: Administrative, Historical, and Architectural Data, Mariah Wright House, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
This report accompanied a project to restore and rehabilitate the exterior of the Mariah Wright House to conform to its appearance in 1865. Interior improvements were planned to adapt the structure for use as employee quarters. The house has no known historical significance other than it contributed to the village scene that was present during the Civil War surrender. It was the last unrestored historic structure within old Appomattox Court House Village. The original building was a story-and-a-half frame structure south of the Appomattox Court House Village green. The land on which the house stands was purchased by Pryor Wright in 1785. As farming expanded in the area, he built a grist mill and applied for permission to build a dam in 1812. His son, Pryor Wright, Jr., inherited land from the estate when his father died. Also at that time, the early 1820s, he married Mariah, they had a son, and the family fortune continued to increase. When Pryor Wright, Jr. died in the mid-1850s, he left the estate to his widow and children. Mariah lived there until her death in 1887. This report documents the history and architectural features of the Mariah Wright House through narrative, personal accounts, photographs, and measured drawings. Recommendations for restoration are provided based on the significance established in the historical data, physical history, and existing conditions.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Schlegel, Marvin; Carroll, Orville
- Date of Issue
- 1959-11
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- APCO , NER
- Keywords
- agriculture, Civil War, Clover Hill, Confederate, employee housing, employee living quarters, grist mill, John Rosser, Maria Webb, Mariah Wright, ownership, personal account, Pryor Wright, slave, surrender, village scene, Virginia long-house plan
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000041: Mariah Wright House