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The Only Surviving Building from the Village of Groveton- the Lucinda Dogan House

The Lucinda Dogan House is according to the National Park Service the only surviving original structure remaining from the crossroads village of Groveton. The Widow Lucinda Dogan and her five young children moved here after their home “Peach Grove” burned in 1860. The family joined together two small outbuildings to create the present house. It is only open to the public on the anniversary weekend of the Second Battle of Manassas. The house was in the middle of the action during that battle. The pictures below were taken from a visit I made there during an anniversary weekend. The house shown below sits on the northwest corner of Lee Highway (Route 29) and Featherbed Lane.

Picture taken from Featherbed Lane
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I took the following pictures below from the Battlefield Driving Tour stop #9 (New York Monuments) to show how the house clearly was in the line of fire. These pictures were taken from the top of the hill where the 14th Brooklyn NY State Militia Monument is located. Cannons were placed by the Union on this hill. The white house in the upper right of the picture is the Dogan house.

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The Dogan house in the upper right
A closer view of the corner of Lee Highway and Featherbed Lane from the hill

The printed exhibits below were on easels inside the building.

The half of the building furthest from Lee Highway
Picture taken standing at the connection between the two buildings looking into the second building closest to Lee Highway. Duck or that beam at the top will catch you in the head.
Picture inside the room closest to Lee Highway
This room was apparently part of the overseer’s house
From the outside you can see where the connection between the two one room buildings was made just to the left of the chimney. Each room has its own entrance.

The Groveton Confederate Cemetery (Battlefield Auto Tour Stop #9) was established on Mrs. Dolan’s property.

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