Virginia - Petersburg County - Historic Districts
Petersburg County Virginia (Historic Districts) has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Centre Hill Historic District, Folly Castle Historic District, Petersburg Courthouse Historic District, Petersburg Old Town Historic District and Poplar Lawn Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Petersburg County places including Thomas U. Walter, Lee, William Edward, Jr., Harrison Waite, R.A. Machen and Petersburg Garden Club. Prominent architectural styles found in Petersburg Country are Italianate, Colonial Revival and Federal.

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
Centre Hill Historic District (added 1986 - - #86001277)
Also known as See Also:Centre Hill
Henry, N. Adams, N. Jefferson, Franklin, and E. Washington Sts., Centre Hill Ct., and Centre Hill Ave. , Petersburg (Independent City)
Nickmorgan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Military, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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
Folly Castle Historic District (added 1980 - - #80004313)
Also known as West Washington Street Historic District;See Also:Folly Cast
Perry and W. Washington Sts. , Petersburg (Independent City)
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Federal, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Military, Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Folly Castle Historic District (Boundary Increase II) (added 2000 - - #99001605)
Also known as 123-096
Roughly along South St. from Commerce St. to Farmer St. , Petersburg (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Waite, Harrison
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Folly Castle Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1992 - - #92000343)
Also known as DHR File No. 123-96;See Also:Strawberry Hill;Second Presbyte
235--618 Washington, 235--580 Hinton, 15--37 Guarantee, 18--115 Lafayette and 18--42 Perry Sts. , Petersburg (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Lee Memorial Park (added 2000 - - #00000896)
Also known as 123-83, Lee Park
1832 Johnson Rd. , Petersburg (Independent City)
Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Petersburg Garden Club
Area of Significance:
Black, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Outdoor Recreation, Park
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Outdoor Recreation
North Battersea--Pride's Field Historic District (added 2005 - - #05000475)
Also known as 123-5035
Roughly along the Appomatox River bank, McKenzie, W. High., Upper Appomattox Sts., from 1250 W. High to Fleet Sts. , Petersburg (Independent City)
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Petersburg Courthouse Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001572)
Also known as VDHR File No. 123-103;See Also:73002218;78003185;79003288;86
Roughly bounded by W. Bank, N. Adams, W. Washington and N. Market Sts. , Petersburg (Independent City)
Jweaver28, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Walter,Thomas U.
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Military, Transportation, Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Defense, Government, Religion, Social, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Financial Institution, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Financial Institution, Religious Structure
Petersburg Old Town Historic District (added 1980 - - #80004314)
Also known as See Also:City Market;Exchange Building;Farmers' Bank;Friend,
U.S. 1 and VA 36 , Petersburg (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Industry, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Military, Commerce
Cultural Affiliation:
American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
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
Pocahontas Island Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000977)
Also known as 123-0114
Pocahontas, Witten, Rolfe, Logan, and Sapony Sts. , Petersburg (Independent City)
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lee, William Edward, Jr.
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Federal
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Black
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Archaic, Late Archaic, Middle Woodland
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Civic, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Poplar Lawn Historic District (added 1980 - - #80004315)
Also known as Central Park
Roughly bounded by Surrey Lane, St. Jefferson, Mars and Harrison Sts. , Petersburg (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Italianate, Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Military, Education, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
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
South Market Street Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000345)
Also known as DHR File No. 123-108;See Also: Wallace, Thomas, House
S. Market St. from Washington St. to Halifax St. , Petersburg (Independent City)
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Machen,R.A.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Military, Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
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