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Thomas Wallace House

Coordinates: 37°13′26″N 77°24′22″W / 37.22389°N 77.40611°W / 37.22389; -77.40611
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Thomas Wallace House
Thomas Wallace House, December 2009
Thomas Wallace House is located in Virginia
Thomas Wallace House
Thomas Wallace House is located in the United States
Thomas Wallace House
LocationSW corner of Brown and S. Market Sts., Petersburg, Virginia
Coordinates37°13′26″N 77°24′22″W / 37.22389°N 77.40611°W / 37.22389; -77.40611
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1855 (1855)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.75002116[1]
VLR No.123-0031
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 2, 1975
Designated VLRApril 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ 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