Point of Rocks (Chester, Virginia) explained

Point of Rocks
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 6, 2004[1]
Designated Other1 Number:020-0123
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.3217°N -77.3381°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:March 10, 2005
Refnum:05000134

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Point of Rocks . Crystal C. Monroe and Department of Historic Resources Staff . August 2004. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos