Education
University of Edinburgh.
University of Edinburgh.
He was president of the Bank of Virginia. His home in Richmond"s Court End District later served as the "White House" for the Confederate States of America. Brockenbrough received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 1795.
Brockenbrough did not actively practice medicine but was involved in civic and business enterprises.
In 1818, John Brockenbrough commissioned the building of a large residence. The house was built on two adjoining lots overlooking the Shockoe Valley.
The home, typical of Richmond"s finer early nineteenth century dwellings, was two-stories tall with a slate flat roof. The principal floor featured a parlor, drawing room and dining room, while the bedrooms were upstairs.
A kitchen and servants’ residence were located in an adjoining outbuilding.
A garden was built. In 1861, the Brockenbrough House, as it was then known, became the Executive Mansion of the Confederate States of America. lieutenant became known as the White House of the Confederacy.
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.