Rocketts
Rocketts is a quarter in Henrico, Virginia. Rocketts is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fulton Bottom, as well as near Oakland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Clarke–Palmore House and Armitage Manufacturing Company.
Clarke–Palmore House
Museum
Photo: Crazyale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Clarke–Palmore House, also known as Clarke Home, was built as a brick farmhouse in 1819 and expanded in 1855. Its first floor level, built in 1819, is described as being American bond brickwork of 3 to 5 stretcher courses between each header course.
Armitage Manufacturing Company
Heritage site
Photo: Crazyale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Armitage Manufacturing Company, also known as Fibre Board Container Company, is a historic factory building located in Richmond, Virginia. The original section was built in 1900, and is a two-story, brick building; a third story was added in 1924.
Richmond National Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Jmurden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Richmond National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery three miles east of Richmond in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 9.7 acres, and as of 2021 had more than 11,000 interments.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Rocketts and Fulton Hill.
Lower Rocketts
Neighborhood
Rockett's Landing is a new urbanist neighborhood in southeastern Richmond, Virginia on the border of Henrico County, Virginia and the north bank of the James River.
Fulton Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.
Fulton Hill is a neighborhood located in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. The name is used for the area stretching from Gillies Creek to the Richmond city limits.
Church Hill
Quarter
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Church Hill, also known as the St. John's Church Historic District, is an Old and Historic District in Richmond, Virginia. This district encompasses the original land plat of the city of Richmond. Church Hill is situated 1½ miles north of Rocketts.
Rocketts
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Henrico, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.50833° or 37° 30′ 30″ northLongitude
-77.41162° or 77° 24′ 42″ westElevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
8794GH5Q+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 158555949OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
4782546
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