Poplar Lawn Historic District
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Poplar Lawn Historic District | |
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Historic home in Poplar Lawn Historic District, June 2011 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Surrey Lane, St. Jefferson, Mars and Harrison Sts., 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, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°13′23″N 77°24′03″W / 37.22306°N 77.40083°WCoordinates: 37°13′23″N 77°24′03″W / 37.22306°N 77.40083°W |
| Area | 199.2 acres (80.6 ha) |
| Built | 1846 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, Second Empire, Italianate |
| NRHP Reference # | 80004315, 06000030 (Boundary Increase)[1] |
| VLR # | 123-0094 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 23, 1980, February 10, 2006 (Boundary Increase) |
| Designated VLR | February 26, 1979; December 7, 2005[2] |
Poplar Lawn Historic District is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes 372 contributing buildings and consists primarily of mid- to late-19th-century, single-family residences grouped about a two-block green. It includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, Second Empire, and Italianate style residential architecture. Notable buildings include the Bolling-Zimmer House (c. 1830), St. Stephen’s Church (c. 1912), Zion Baptist Church (c. 1880s), William T. Double House (c. 1855), the Waterworks (1856), Dr. Robert Broadnax House (1858), Market Street Methodist Church Parsonage (c. 1905), Maurice Finn House (c. 1904), and the Frank M. D'Alton Double House (c. 1911).[3][4]
The district also includes Poplar Lawn Park, featuring a stone basin of uncertain age that is five feet across, and having an oval-shaped depression a foot wide and a foot deep. It is traditionally known as "Pocahontas' bath", though there is no proof she ever used it.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, with a boundary increase in 2006.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Poplar Lawn Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map
- ↑ Alison S. Blanton (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Poplar Lawn Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
