Wallaceton (Chesapeake, Virginia)

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Wallaceton
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Location3509 George Washington Hwy., S, Chesapeake, Virginia
Coordinates 36°36′49″N76°22′43″W / 36.61361°N 76.37861°W / 36.61361; -76.37861 Coordinates: 36°36′49″N76°22′43″W / 36.61361°N 76.37861°W / 36.61361; -76.37861
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1853 (1853)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 94000455 [1]
VLR No.131-0379
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1994
Designated VLRMarch 10, 1994 [2]

Wallaceton is a historic home located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The original section was built between 1853 and 1863, as a company store. It was expanded after the American Civil War. It is a 1+12-story, rectangular, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has flat corner pilasters, a heavy box cornice under the eaves, and a full width front porch. Also on the property are a contributing two-room kitchen building and a dairy. About 1910, it was relocated approximately 100 feet to the east of the Dismal Swamp Canal to remove it from canal property. [3] It was named for John Gallaudet Wallace (1840-1910) a farmer and businessman who fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy, as a Captain of Company C, 61st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. [4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [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. Dianne Pierce (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wallaceton" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. "John Gallaudet Wallace (1840-1910) - Find A Grave Memorial". Find a Grave .