Battersea

Battersea is a historic plantation home located on the Appomattox River at Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1768 for U.S. Founding Father Colonel John Banister, the first mayor of Petersburg, a colonel of cavalry in the Revolutionary War, member of the…

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Folly Castle Historic District and Second Presbyterian Church.

Folly Castle Historic District

Park

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Folly Castle Historic District, also known as the West Washington Street Historic District, is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia.

Second Presbyterian Church

Church

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Second Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 419 W. Washington St, Petersburg, Virginia. It was designed by architect and church pastor Theodorick Pryor and was built in 1861–1862, in the Gothic Revival style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ettrick and Pocahontas Island.

Ettrick

Village

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Ettrick is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,241. The town is home to Virginia State University and the Petersburg Amtrak train station.

Pocahontas Island

Neighborhood

Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.

Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia, once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from Petersburg. Since 1915 a new channel for the river separated it from Chesterfield County and the former channel no longer separates it from the city.

Colonial Heights

Town

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Colonial Heights is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,170. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Colonial Heights with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes. Colonial Heights is situated 2 miles north of Battersea.

Battersea

Type: Neighborhood
Description: historic house in Virginia, USA
Categories: house and locality
Location: Petersburg, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.22487° or 37° 13′ 30″ north

Longitude

-77.42221° or 77° 25′ 20″ west

Elevation

85 feet (26 metres)

Open location code

87946HFH+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 157605851

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4745785

Wikidata ID

Q16165317

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French: “Battersea”

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