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The Stone House overlooks a busy intersection of two highways.
The Stone House Battlefield Landmark wayside marker is at Stop 3 on the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.
Text from the wayside marker:
Stone House
Battlefield Landmark
This building links today’s landscape to the battlefield scene. The roadbeds have not changed; thousands of soldiers noticed the Stone House as they marched through this strategic intersection.
During both battles Federals turned the former tavern into a field hospital. Bloody floorboards were hardly unique—most houses in the area became crowded with wounded men—yet in diary after diary soldiers mentioned this particular structure. The relatively unscarred walls may have provided an image of peacetime amid fields of terror.
Caption to the photo:
Stone House in March 1862. The Park Service has restored and furnished the house to resemble its 1861 appearance. Much of the structure may be original: the stone walls, window frames, and some floorboards.
Location of the marker
The Stone House wayside marker is just outside the Stone House which is on the northeast side of the intersection of US 29 with Sudley Road, Virginia 234. The marker is at the end of the paved walkway from the parking area about 50 feet northeast of the house. (38°49’08.4″N 77°31’33.3″W)