Appomattox Iron Works Explained

Appomattox Iron Works
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 20, 1976[1]
Designated Other1 Number:123-0087
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:20-28 Old Street, Petersburg, Virginia
Coordinates:37.2328°N -77.4061°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:August 11, 1976
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:76002226

Appomattox Iron Works is a historic iron foundry complex located at Petersburg, Virginia. The complex consists of nine buildings: the machine shop, the mill store, the supply room, the pipe shop, the carpenter's shop and pattern shop, the core room, the foundry building, the blacksmith's shop, and the ruins of a stable. The machine shop at 28 Old Street is the oldest structure in the complex. It was built between 1810 and 1825, and is a three-story, four-bay, Federal style brick building. The Appomattox Iron Works operated at this location from 1899 until 1972.[2]

The complex was designated a Virginia State Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Petersburg Old Town Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Appomattox Iron Works. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. April 1976. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-12-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20130312003417/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Petersburg/123-0087_Appomattox_Iron_Works_1976_Final_Nomination.pdf. 2013-03-12. dead. and Accompanying photo