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Point of Rocks (Chester, Virginia)

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Point of Rocks is a historic plantation house near Chester, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, built about 1840. It is a one story, three bay, double pile dwelling with weatherboard siding and a low pitched hipped standing seam metal roof in the Greek Revival style, with a contributing garage also on the property. During the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of the American Civil War the site served as a Union military observation point and headquarters for General Benjamin F. Butler and as a hospital established in 1864, and troops of the 2nd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment fought a skirmish there on May 23, 1864; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building Type
Plantation House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Virginia, United States 2
Completed Year
1864 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
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Greek Revival Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Point of Rocks (Chester, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
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Source Point of Rocks (Chester, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
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1. Point of Rocks (Chester, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_Rocks_(Chester,_Virginia), lead definition
    Point of Rocks is a historic plantation house located near Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia.
  • Lead section
    It was built about 1840, and is a one-story, three-bay, double pile dwelling with weatherboard siding and a low-pitched hipped standing seam metal roof in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property is a contributing garage.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation house)
    Point of Rocks is a historic plantation house located near Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built about 1840, and is a one-story, three-bay, double pile dwelling with weatherboard siding and a low-pitched hipped standing seam metal roof in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property is a contributing garage. The property was the location of a Union military observation point and h
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1864)
    Point of Rocks is a historic plantation house located near Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built about 1840, and is a one-story, three-bay, double pile dwelling with weatherboard siding and a low-pitched hipped standing seam metal roof in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property is a contributing garage. The property was the location of a Union military observation point and h
  • In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Infobox: architecture
    Greek Revival
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2. Point of Rocks (Chester, Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 387465): Virginia, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 387465): Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q14713081, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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