Thomas Wallace House
Thomas Wallace House | |
 Thomas Wallace House, December 2009 | |
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| Location | SW corner of Brown and S. Market Sts., Petersburg, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°13′26″N 77°24′22″W / 37.22389°N 77.40611°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1855 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 75002116[1] |
| VLR No. | 123-0031 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 1975 |
| Designated VLR | April 15, 1975[2] |
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.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1] It is located in the South Market Street Historic District. It is located 204 South Market, Petersburg.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (April 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Thomas Wallace House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Italianate architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1855
- Houses in Petersburg, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Petersburg, Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
- Central Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs