Virginia - Petersburg County - Vacant / Not In Use
Petersburg County Virginia (Vacant / Not In Use) has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Battersea, Battersea, Friend, Nathaniel, House and Strawberry Hill and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Commercial and Industrial Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Petersburg County historic places including Col. John Banister and Nathaniel Friend Jr..

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Petersburg County places including Charles M. Robinson. Prominent architectural styles found in Petersburg Country are Federal, Art Deco and Colonial Revival.

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Commercial and Industrial Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000665)
Also known as VDHR No. 123-5424
200-300 W. Washington, 4-42 S. Market, 100-100 Perry, 200-300 block W. Wythe, 200 block Brown Sts. , Petersburg
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Art Deco, Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Research Facility
Battersea (added 1969 - - #69000344)
Also known as VDHR File # 123-0059
1289 Upper Appomattox St. , Petersburg (Independent City)
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Early Republic, Georgian
Historic Person:
Banister,Col. John
Significant Year:
1781, 1768, 1824
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Historic - Aboriginal, Politics/Government, Military, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Bolling, Anna P., Junior High School (added 1998 - - #98001316)
Also known as 123-117
35 W. Fillmore St. , Petersburg (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Robinson, Charles M.
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Cohen House (added 2007 - - #07001141)
Also known as 123-0115
32 S. Adams St. , Petersburg (Independent City)
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Commerce Street Industrial Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000870)
Also known as 123-5420
Commerce, Upper Appomattox, West, Dunlop, and South Sts. , Petersburg
Nickmorgan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Friend, Nathaniel, House (added 1976 - - #76002227)
27--29 Bollingbrook St. , Petersburg (Independent City)
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Friend,Nathaniel,Jr.
Significant Year:
1816, 1815
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Peabody Building of the Peabody--Williams School (added 2000 - - #00000891)
Also known as 123-5019
Jones St. , Petersburg (Independent City)
Jweaver28, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Robinson, Charles M.
Area of Significance:
Education, Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Petersburg Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2008 - - #08000873)
Also known as VDHR# 123-0097
241 4th St., 223-225 Henry St., 230 and 316 E. Bank St. , Petersburg
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Warehouse
Poplar Lawn Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2006 - - #06000030)
Also known as Central Park, 125-0094
Jct. of E Wythe and S. Jefferson, from SE of orig. HD to Lieutenant Run, Along both sides of Harrison St. at SW corner , Petersburg (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Public Works, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Government, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Public Works, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Strawberry Hill (added 1974 - - #74002239)
231--235--237 Hinton St. , Petersburg (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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