Brompton (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Brompton

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = May 15, 1979{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Fredericksburg/111-0008_Brompton_1979_Final_Nomination.pdf|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=21 May 2018}}

| designated_other1_number = 111-0008

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Brompton, Sunken Road & Hanover Street (Fredericksburg, Virginia).jpg | caption = Brompton, Sunken Road & Hanover Street (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

| location = Hanover St. and Sunken Rd., Fredericksburg, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|38|17|44|N|77|28|13|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA

| built = 1820

| architecture = Roman Revival

| added = July 24, 1979

| area = {{convert|11|acre}}

| refnum = 79003279{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Brompton, originally known as Marye House, is an historic house located on heights overlooking the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The house was built in 1838 by John Lawrence Marye.{{cite book|title=Homes And Gardens In Old Virginia|year=2006|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|isbn=9781428656000|pages=39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grx9Owa6zscC&dq=Brompton+Fredericksburg&pg=PA39|author=Freeman, Douglas S.|editor1=Christian, Susanne |editor2=Archer, Frances |editor3=Massie, Williams |accessdate=6 June 2012}} The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 1979.

The house sits atop an area of Fredericksburg known as 'Marye's Heights'.{{cite book|last=Goolrick|first=John Tackett|title=Historic Fredericksburg: the story of an old town|year=1922|publisher=Whittet & Shepperson|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicfrederi00goolgoog/page/n212 172]|url=https://archive.org/details/historicfrederi00goolgoog|quote=Brompton Fredericksburg.}}

The town was about 400 yards from Brompton and was a Confederate stronghold against repeated Union Army assaults on the slope during the Battle of Fredericksburg (1862–1863). Confederate General James Longstreet maintained his headquarters at Brompton.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Fredericksburg/111-0008_Brompton_1979_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Brompton |accessdate=May 21, 2018|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}{{cite book|last=Brooks|first=Victor|title=Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg: Battleground America|year=2001|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=9781580970365|pages=35|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxP12HfQb_kC&dq=Marye+House+Fredericksburg&pg=PA46}}

Brompton currently serves as the residence of the President of the University of Mary Washington.