East Side of the Building - The Exchange Hotel Civil War Museum - Gordonsville, VA 9-22-12
Some alterations to the classic Georgian style are obvious in the porches and the basement tavern room. These modifications make sense when the building's function, as a hotel catering to railroad passengers, is considered. The hotel was converted to a hospital during the war and treated over 70,000 sick and wounded soldiers from both sides of the conflict. Records indicate the hospital cared for as many as 1,000 patients at a time and that it developed an efficient system of dealing with the incoming wounded. It is considered to be America’s first triage hospital. During reconstruction it became the Freedman’s Bureau Hospital and served newly freed slaves.

East Side of the Building - The Exchange Hotel Civil War Museum - Gordonsville, VA 9-22-12
Some alterations to the classic Georgian style are obvious in the porches and the basement tavern room. These modifications make sense when the building's function, as a hotel catering to railroad passengers, is considered. The hotel was converted to a hospital during the war and treated over 70,000 sick and wounded soldiers from both sides of the conflict. Records indicate the hospital cared for as many as 1,000 patients at a time and that it developed an efficient system of dealing with the incoming wounded. It is considered to be America’s first triage hospital. During reconstruction it became the Freedman’s Bureau Hospital and served newly freed slaves.