Point of Rocks
- Also Known As: 020-0123
- Address: 1005 Point of Rocks Rd
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1840/00/00 | John Alexander Strachan, the son of Jane Stratton, builds Point of Rocks: a one story, three bay frame house set on a stone foundation. The plantation is named for the nearby 60 foot high sandstone cliffs on the Appomattox River. | |||||
| 1864/00/00 | Gen Benjamin F Butler | Union General | Gen Butler takes possession of the house after the family abandons, assigns 40,000 men from Yorktown and Gloucester Point to City Point and Bermuda Hundred ad build a field hospital north of the house from the demolished Enon Church. | |||
| 1864/06/22 | Abraham Lincoln | Union Commander in Chief | President Lincoln boats up the Appomattox River to Point of Rocks in Chesterfield and tours the Bermuda Hundred defenses of General Benjamin Butler. Lincoln will return to Washington the next day aboard the USS BALTIMORE. | |||
| 1865/03/27 | Abraham Lincoln | Union Commander in Chief | Abraham Lincoln travels up the Appomattox River to Point of Rocks in Chesterfield County, where he visits wounded soldiers. | |||
| 1865/03/29 | President Lincoln makes another visit to Point of Rocks. |
| Particulars for Point of Rocks: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Historic Use | Natural Feature |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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