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This Greek Revival building was constructed between 1838 and 1840 and designed by New York architect Calvin Pollard as the city's Husting's Courthouse. The term "hustings" derives from a British form of court system loosely in place in Virginia to…
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Built of Petersburg granite and constructed between 1856 and 1860, the U.S. Customs House and Post Office was designed by Ammi B. Young, architect of the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington D.C. The decision to add the third story was …
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The McKenney House was originally constructed as a residence for Mayor John Dodson in 1859. It was the residence of Confederate General William Mahone after the Civil War. The property was purchased by William R. McKenney in early 1911. The McKenn…
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This monument is presented tothe City of PetersburgbyPetersburg Post No. 2The American Legionand affectionately dedicatedto our comrades who marchedout with us during the WorldWar, and did not come backNovember 11th 1928
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Site ofTrading StationofMajor Peter Jones.About 1675.Owner of Peters Point.Afterwards Petersburg.Frances Bland Randolph ChapterD.A.R.1909.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJF_corlings-corner_Petersburg-VA.html
By the 1820s, Petersburg was developing into a major industrial city. The backbone of the city's workforce was enslaved labor. At this highly visible downtown intersection known as Corling's Corner, local manufacturers, railroad companies, buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJA_battle-of-petersburg_Petersburg-VA.html
On 25 Apr. 1781, American Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg's Virginia militia fell back west from Blandford, under heavy British fire, to a prepared line of defense here along the crest of this hill. This second line of Virginia militia, consisting of …
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On 25 Apr. 1781, American Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg formed his first line of 500 Virginia militia here to meet the British. The line extended along East Street from the Appomattox River to present-day Washington Street and consisted of two infan…
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To the west stood East Hill (Bollingbrook), home of the widow Mary Marshall Tabb Bolling. After the 25 Apr. 1781 Battle of Petersburg, British Maj. Gen. William Phillips and Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold located their headquarters at the house. The B…
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The third home of Grace Church, a brick Gothic Revival-style building, stood on this site from 1859 to 1960. The congregation was founded in 1841 by Dr. Churchhill Jones Gibson, rector until 1892. In 1928 a majority of the members, led by the rect…
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