Gen. William Mitchell House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell House
nrhp_type = nhl


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nearest_city= Middleburg, Virginia
locmapin = Virginia
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built =1926
architect= Swart,William; Mitchell,William
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= December 08, 1976cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1687&ResourceType=Building
title=Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell House |accessdate=2008-03-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 08, 1976cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=76002112The Gen. William Mitchell House, also known as Boxwood or the Gen. Billy Mitchell House was the home of Billy Mitchell during the last ten years of his life, from 1926 through 1936. Mitchell was an American general who is regarded as the father of the U.S. Air Force.cite journal |url=http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj06/win06/ott.html |last=Ott, USAF |first=Lt Col William |title=Maj Gen William “Billy” Mitchell: A Pyrrhic Promotion|publisher=Air and Space Power Journal |issue=Winter 2006|quote=Of course these so-called adversaries did not impede Mitchell’s reception of a medal of honor, but the initial efforts to promote Mitchell posthumously did come to a standstill. Senator Bass explained his motivation for reintroducing the bill years later: “He [Mitchell] was the father of the modern Air Force. . . . This should be done.”] He was regarded as one of the most famous and most controversial figures in American airpower history.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76002112.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell House / Boxwood] |32 KB|date=March, 1976 |author=Mary Jane Gregory and George R. Adams |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76002112.pdf "Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1976"] |32 KB]

It is located about .5 mile south of Middleburg on Virginia Route 626.

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