Point of Rocks | |
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Location | 1005 Point of Rocks Rd., Chester, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°19′18″N77°20′17″W / 37.32167°N 77.33806°W Coordinates: 37°19′18″N77°20′17″W / 37.32167°N 77.33806°W |
Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | 1840 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference # | 05000134 [1] |
VLR # | 020-0123 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 10, 2005 |
Designated VLR | December 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]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]
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