Battery Church
Battery Church is a fort in Hampton, Virginia. Battery Church is situated nearby to the helipad Walker Army heliport, as well as near Bay Breeze Community Center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Quarters 1 and Old Point Light.
Quarters 1
Historic building
Photo: Amandajollota, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quarters 1, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The original section was built in 1819, and consists of a three-story, central block, double pile residence with flanking, two-story wings in the Federal style. Quarters 1 is situated 1 mile southwest of Battery Church.
Old Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use. Old Point Light is situated 1 mile southwest of Battery Church.
Casemate Museum
Museum
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casemate Museum is situated 1 mile southwest of Battery Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Phoebus.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
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Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument.
Phoebus
Suburb
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Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.
Buckroe Beach
Suburb
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buckroe Beach is a neighborhood in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia. It lies just north of Fort Monroe on the Chesapeake Bay. One of the oldest recreational areas in the state, it was long located in the former Elizabeth City County near the downtown area of the lost town of Phoebus prior to their consolidation with Hampton in 1952. Buckroe Beach is situated 2 miles north of Battery Church.
Battery Church
- Type: Fort
- Address: Hampton, 23651
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.01587° or 37° 0′ 57″ northLongitude
-76.29893° or 76° 17′ 56″ westOpen location code
87952P82+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 227026936OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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