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The James Robinson House G16 Virginia historical marker is about a thousand feet east of the Stone House on the south side of Lee Highway. There is no parking area at the marker and traffic is usually very heavy. The site of the Robinson house itself is a short distance up the hillside. Although the marker refers to “the present house” it is no longer there, having burned in 1993.
From the marker:
G16
James Robinson
House
To the south stood the farmhouse of James
Robinson, a former slave freed by Landon Carter.
There, during the First Battle of Manassas on
21 July 1961, Col. Wade Hampton’s Legion covered
the Confederates falling back to Henry Hill, where
Jackson stood “like a stone wall.” The house survived
that battle, and during the Second Battle of
Manassas in August 1862 served the Union troops as
a field hospital. Congress later authorized
compensation to Robinson for property damages. The
present house stands partially on the foundation
of the original.
Department of Historic Resources 1991
The marker was one of four along Lee Highway. The three others were moved to the Stone House parking area.