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Civil War museum may leave capital
Richmond's Museum of Confederacy studies a move to Lexington


BY JANET CAGGIANO
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Jan 24, 2007


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Museum of the Confederacy officials are considering moving the world's
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"I don't know if the conversations will go anywhere," said Waite Rawls, the
museum's president and CEO, who visited Lexington this month. "But they have
started."

Lexington, about 140 miles west of downtown Richmond in Rockbridge County,
could be a good fit for the museum's collection of Confederate artifacts,
manuscripts and photographs. Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall
Jackson are buried there, it is home to Washington and Lee University, and
the town takes pride in its Civil War history.

"The mission of the museum is consistent with the historic attractions and
educational institutions already in our community," said Lexington Mayor
John Knapp in a joint statement with Harvey Hottinger, chairman of the
Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors.

The museum at 12th and East Clay streets has been struggling for survival
beside Virginia Commonwealth University's sprawling medical campus for
years. Annual visitation has dropped from 92,000 to about 51,500 since the
early 1990s. Rawls announced in October that the museum will relocate its
collection but that the adjacent White House of the Confederacy will remain
where it has stood since 1818. A committee had looked at the feasibility of
relocating the Civil War home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

"We have said all along that our preference is to be in Richmond," Rawls
said. "But given Lexington's historical character . . . we said, 'Let's go
up and take a look.' We are no further along than that."

During their visit, Rawls and three members of the museum's board toured a
possible site, the historic Rockbridge County courthouse complex on Main
Street. Lexington is set to break ground on a new courthouse in February.
When the two-year project is completed, the 1897 building will be vacant.

The courthouse complex also includes the town's old jail, which dates to
1841, the First American Bank building and the "lawyer's row" building. All
are vacant and would require renovation work.

"We want to keep the historical integrity of the buildings," Rawls said.
"The question is, can you do that and meet the needs and demands of both
sides?"

It would be a big blow to Richmond if the museum should leave town, said
Jack Berry, president and chief executive officer of the Richmond
Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau.

"It would be a very big loss," he said. "We'd be losing a huge asset. We
hope it doesn't happen."

While talks with Lexington will continue, Rawls said, that doesn't mean the
search is over.

"This is all very preliminary," he said.

Whether the collection stays in Richmond or moves outside the city, Rawls
said he hopes the museum will be in its new home by 2011, the beginning of
the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.


Contact staff writer Janet Caggiano at jcaggiano at timesdispatch.com or (804)
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