Burnt Quarter Explained

Burnt Quarter
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 9, 1969[1]
Designated Other1 Number:026-0025
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:SW of jct. of Rtes. 627, 613, and 645, near Dinwiddie, Virginia
Coordinates:37.1386°N -77.625°W
Built:c.
Added:November 25, 1969
Refnum:69000235

Burnt Quarter is a historic plantation house located near Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in stages starting about 1750, and consists of a two-story, hipped roof central section flanked by -story wings. On April 1, 1865, the property became the scene of the decisive Battle of Five Forks. During the battle the house served both as headquarters for Union General Merritt and as a military hospital. On the grounds is a monument to six unknown Confederate soldiers killed in the Battle of Five Forks.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

External links

1 photo and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burnt Quarter . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. August 1969. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo