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Rochambeau House

Rochambeau House at Brown University

Built in 1929, Rochambeau House was the home of Henry Dexter Sharpe (1872-1954), twelfth chancellor of Brown University, and his wife Mary Elizabeth (Evans) Sharpe (1884-1985) who bequeathed it to Brown University.Built in 1929, Rochambeau House was the home of Henry Dexter Sharpe (1872-1954), twelfth chancellor of Brown University, and his wife Mary Elizabeth (Evans) Sharpe (1884-1985) who bequeathed it to Brown University.

The house was named for Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), the French General who fought alongside George Washington at the battle of Yorktown in the American Revolutionary war.Siege of Yorktown: Rochambeau and Washington giving their last orders before the battle. (Le Siège de Yorktown en octobre 1781, Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder, c.1836.) Galerie des Batailles, Château de Versailles, FranceSiege of Yorktown: Rochambeau and Washington giving their last orders before the battle. (Le Siège de Yorktown en octobre 1781, Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder, c.1836.) Galerie des Batailles, Château de Versailles, France