{"id":530,"date":"2016-08-03T16:41:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T16:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shininglightpublications.com\/?page_id=530"},"modified":"2026-02-01T01:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:35:35","slug":"hillsman-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/?page_id=530","title":{"rendered":"Hillsman House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>1770, Sailor&#8217;s Creek,&nbsp;Virginia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div class=\"gb-element-18fb258f\">\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"378\" class=\"gb-media-ace90dad\" alt=\"\" title=\"HillsmanLarge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HillsmanLarge.gif\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p>A pioneer landowner\u2019s home, one of the first built on what was then the frontier. Even so it demonstrates the effort colonial builders put into making as stylish a building as they could with the resources at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caught in the midst of fierce fighting during one of the last battles of the Civil War, the Hillsman house was used as a hospital. It is now the centerpiece of Sailor\u2019s Creek Battlefield Historical State Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kit includes house model and base. Building measures approximately 8 inches long by 5 inches deep by 4 inches high. Four sheets plus illustrated instructions, $6.95 plus shipping. Available directly from the Park Visitor Center, at 804-371-2595 or 6541 Saylers Creek Road, Rice, VA 23966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skill rating: Moderate, for ages 8 and up. Adult supervision may be required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1770, Sailor&#8217;s Creek,&nbsp;Virginia A pioneer landowner\u2019s home, one of the first built on what was then the frontier. Even so it demonstrates the effort colonial builders put into making as stylish a building as they could with the resources at hand. Caught in the midst of fierce fighting during one of the last battles of &#8230; <a title=\"Hillsman House\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/?page_id=530\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hillsman House\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-530","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/530\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}