Simms Hall

Simms Hall is an university building in Chesterfield, Virginia. Simms Hall is situated nearby to the park Folly Castle Historic District, as well as near the village Ettrick.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include City Market and Folly Castle Historic District.

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 3,800 feet east of Simms Hall.

Folly Castle Historic District

Park

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Folly Castle Historic District, also known as the West Washington Street Historic District, is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia.

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 3,800 feet east of Simms Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ettrick and Petersburg.

Ettrick

Village

Photo: Jweaver28, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

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.

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.

Simms Hall

Type: University building
Categories: building and education
Location: Chesterfield, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.23298° or 37° 13′ 59″ north

Longitude

-77.41716° or 77° 25′ 2″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

87946HMM+54

OpenStreetMap ID

way 493552082

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

GeoNames ID

6339707

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