Strawberry Hill (Petersburg, Virginia)

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Strawberry Hill
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Strawberry Hill (Petersburg, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Strawberry Hill (Petersburg, Virginia)
Location231-235-237 Hinton St., Petersburg, Virginia
Coordinates37°13′43″N 77°24′30″W / 37.22861°N 77.40833°W / 37.22861; -77.40833Coordinates: 37°13′43″N 77°24′30″W / 37.22861°N 77.40833°W / 37.22861; -77.40833
Arealess than one acre
Built1800 (1800)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.74002239[1]
VLR No.123-0086
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 1974
Designated VLRNovember 19, 1974[2]

Strawberry Hill is a historic home located at Petersburg, Virginia. The original section was built about 1795, with a two-story central section flanked by one-story wings ias a tripartite house n the Federal style. It was subsequently enlarged in 1818 and expanded through the early-20th century to be a rambling two-story, U-shaped frame building 90 feet long by 56 feet deep. The house was divided into three units in 1884 and restored by Joe Miller in the 1980s and '90s.[3]

The house is notable for its use of quirked, neoclassical moldings in a pre-1800 context. The treatment of the chimneypiece flanked by decorative, arched niches is also remarkable.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1] It is located in the Folly Castle Historic District.

References[]

  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 (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Strawberry Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. ^ Carson, Cary; Lounsbury, Carl (2013). "14 Willie Graham, "Interior Finishes"". The Chesapeake House: Architectural Investigations by Colonial Williamsburg. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 322, 333. ISBN 978-0-8078-3577-7.

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