Folly Castle Historic District
Folly Castle Historic District, also known as the West Washington Street Historic District, is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Second Presbyterian Church and Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology.
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.
Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology
School
The Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts and Technology is a public regional magnet high school in downtown Petersburg, Virginia, United States.
Petersburg City Hall
Town hall
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Petersburg City Hall is a historic city hall building located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was designed by architect Ammi B. Young and built between 1856 and 1859, as the U.S. Customs House and Post Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pocahontas Island and Ettrick.
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.
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.
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 Folly Castle Historic District.
Folly Castle Historic District
- Type: Park
- Description: historic district in Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Categories: historic district, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Petersburg, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.22682° or 37° 13′ 37″ northLongitude
-77.40943° or 77° 24′ 34″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
87946HGR+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 356598111OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4759498Wikidata ID
Q16837250
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Folly Castle Historic District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Folly Castle Historic District”
- Spanish: “Distrito Historico de Folly Castle”
- Spanish: “Distrito Histórico de Folly Castle”
- Spanish: “Distrito Historico del Castillo Capricho”
- Spanish: “Distrito Histórico del Castillo Capricho”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include First Baptist Church and Petersburg Public Library.
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