Thomas Wallace House Explained

Thomas Wallace House
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 15, 1975[1]
Designated Other1 Number:123-0031
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:SW corner of Brown and S. Market Sts., Petersburg, Virginia
Coordinates:37.2239°N -77.4061°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Italianate
Added:May 2, 1975
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:75002116

Thomas Wallace House is a historic home located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, three-bay, pressed brick dwelling in the Italianate style. It sits on a raised basement and has a low hipped roof with bracketed cornice. It has a one-story rear service wing and a front porch supported by six fluted Greek Doric order columns. On April 3, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant met in its library to discuss the inevitable end to the American Civil War and the surrender.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It is located in the South Market Street Historic District. It is located 204 South Market, Petersburg.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Thomas Wallace House . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . April 1975. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo