White House of the Confederacy

Second White House of the Confederacy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Virginia Landmarks Register
Richmond City Historic District
The Second White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, 2015
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Location	Clay and 12th Sts., Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates	37°32′27″N 77°25′47″W / 37.54083°N 77.42972°W / 37.54083; -77.42972
Built	1818
Architect	attributed to Robert Mills
Architectural style	Neoclassical (1818 construction); Greek Revival (1844 modifications); Italianate (1857 additions)
NRHP reference No.	66000924
VLR No.	127-0115
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966[3]
Designated NHL	December 19, 1960[2]
Designated VLR	September 9, 1969[1]

The Second White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the Court End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1818, it was the main executive residence of the sole President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, from August 1861 until April 1865. It currently sits on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

The Jefferson Davis Executive Mansion was owned by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society from 1894 until 2014, when the Museum of the Confederacy merged with the American Civil War Center. The merged entity is now the American Civil War Museum. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.