Petersburg City Hall

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.

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Type: Town hall
Description: rathaus in Petersburg, United States of America
Address: VA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tabb Street Presbyterian Church and Farmers’ Bank.

Tabb Street Presbyterian Church

Church

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Tabb Street Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was designed by architect Thomas Ustick Walter and built in 1843, in the Greek Revival style.

Farmers’ Bank

Museum

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Farmers' Bank is the first bank museum of its kind found in Virginia. Farmers' Bank was incorporated in 1812 and the Petersburg, Virginia branch opened in 1817. Farmers’ Bank is situated 1,100 feet north of Petersburg City Hall.

City Market

Marketplace

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City Market, also known as Farmers Market, is an historic public market located at 9 East Old Street in Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1878–1879 through a land given in trust by merchant Robert Balling. City Market is situated 1,300 feet north of Petersburg City Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pocahontas Island and Ettrick.

Pocahontas Island

Neighborhood

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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 Petersburg City Hall.

Petersburg City Hall

Category: government building
Location: Petersburg, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.22987° or 37° 13′ 48″ north

Longitude

-77.40521° or 77° 24′ 19″ west

Elevation

66 feet (20 metres)

Open location code

87946HHV+WW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 367990599

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=townhall

GeoNames ID

4778628

Wikidata ID

Q16898249

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