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Point of Rocks in southern Chesterfield County takes its name from a nearby 60-foot-high sandstone cliff projecting into the Port Walthall Channel of the Appomattox River. The house was built circa 1840 and is a well-preserved, unique, one-story dwelling on a stone foundation. The Point of Rocks property served as an excellent observation point during the Civil War for the Union Army’s General Benjamin F. Butler and also was the site of a hospital constructed for Union troops.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Programs
DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
