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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 with a majority black American population.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.24189° or 37° 14′ 31″ northLongitude
-77.40509° or 77° 24′ 18″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
87946HRV+QXOpenStreetMap ID
way 796526236OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
4791247Wikidata ID
Q23138857
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In Other Languages
“Violet Bank Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “Violet Bank”
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