Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1823/00/00 | Robert Bolling IV | Home | Greek Revival Centre Hill is built in 1823 for Robert Bolling, a member of a prominent and influential Petersburg family. Mr Bolling lived here until 1836. | |||
1865/04/07 | Abraham Lincoln | Union Commander in Chief | President Abraham Lincoln meets with General G L Hartsuff. District Commander of the Northern forces, Hartsuff was using Centre Hill as his headquarters. | Siege of Petersburg | ||
1909/05/19 | William Howard Taft | Guest | President William Taft is a guest at Centre Hill. He is in Petersburg to dedicate a monument to the Pennsylvanians and General Hartranft, who fought at the Siege of Petersburg. | |||
1937/00/00 | Edgar S Bowling buys the house and donates it to the United States to be used as a museum. It was formally opened in 1950. In 1952, Centre Hill was deeded to the Petersburg Battlefield Museum Corporation. |
Particulars for Centre Hill: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Area of Significance | Social History |
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