Retirement and the Muster Grounds (Abingdon, Virginia)

 house, American Revolutionary War 1775-1783, living history museum, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Federal style (architecture), field camp

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Located on about nine acres in the town of Abingdon, the site Retirement and the Muster Grounds consists of a Federal period brick dwelling (Retirement) and the meadow where a Washington County militia mustered before marching south to fight in the Kings Mountain Campaign during the Revolutionary War. Also known as “Dunn’s Meadow,” the Muster Grounds served the same purpose for local militia during the War of 1812, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I.
Retirement, constructed ca. 1808 and expanded in 1858, in the 1880s, and again between 1910-1920, is important for its architectural character and quality of workmanship.
--Virginia Department of Historic Resources

NRHP #100002441