Point of Rocks (Chester, Virginia)

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Point of Rocks
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Location1005 Point of Rocks Rd., Chester, Virginia
Coordinates 37°19′18″N77°20′17″W / 37.32167°N 77.33806°W / 37.32167; -77.33806
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1840 (1840)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 05000134 [1]
VLR No.020-0123
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 2005
Designated VLRDecember 6, 2004 [2]

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 headquarters for General Benjamin F. Butler and hospital established in 1864 during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of the American Civil War. [3] Union troops of the 2nd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment fought a skirmish against Confederate forces at Point of Rocks on May 23, 1864. [4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Crystal C. Monroe and Department of Historic Resources Staff (August 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Point of Rocks" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
  4. United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Vol. 36 Serial 68. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 195.