John Brockenbrough

It is typically attributed to Robert Mills, a prominent American neo-classical architect and acquaintance of John Brockenbrough.

The home, typical of Richmond's finer early nineteenth-century dwellings, was two stories tall with a slate flat roof.

It was the official residence of President Jefferson Davis, his wife Varina and their children, the house was also the social, political and military center of the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

After use for a number of years as a school, the Confederate Museum opened on February 22, 1896, in the former White House of the Confederacy.

Today, the gray stuccoed Brockenbrough House has been preserved as a National Historical Landmark and is part of the Museum of the Confederacy complex 3 blocks north of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.