Violet Bank Museum

Violet Bank is a historic plantation house and museum in Colonial Heights, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Photo: Corvokarasu, Public domain.

Type: Museum
Description: historic plantation house and museum in Colonial Heights, Virginia
Also known as: “Violet Bank”
Address: 303 Virginia Avenue, Colonial Heights, VA 23834

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include City Market and Farmers’ Bank.

City Market

Marketplace

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

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 3,100 feet south of Violet Bank Museum.

Farmers’ Bank

Museum

Photo: Alexiskferia, Public domain.

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 3,300 feet south of Violet Bank Museum.

Centre Hill Historic District

Park

Photo: Nickmorgan2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Centre Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes 81 contributing buildings located in a predominantly residential section of Petersburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pocahontas Island and Petersburg.

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.

Petersburg

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Petersburg is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes.

Colonial Heights

Town

Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Violet Bank Museum

Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Colonial Heights, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.24189° or 37° 14′ 31″ north

Longitude

-77.40509° or 77° 24′ 18″ west

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

Open location code

87946HRV+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 796526236

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

4791247

Wikidata ID

Q23138857

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In Other Languages

“Violet Bank Museum” goes by many names.

French: “Violet Bank”

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