Petersburg Old Town Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at

Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg (along with the city of Colonial Heights) with Din ...

. The district includes 174 contributing buildings located in the oldest section of Petersburg. It includes a varied collection of late 18th- through 20th-century architecture. Notable buildings include the Strachan-Harrison house (mid- to late-18th century), the John F. May house (c. 1810), South Side Railroad Depot (c. 1853), High Street United Methodist Church (1844, 1897), Church of Christ (1925), and the Powell Manufacturing Co. Located in the district and separately listed are the

Appomattox Iron Works Appomattox Iron Works is a historic iron foundry complex located at Petersburg, Virginia. The complex consists of nine buildings: the machine shop, the mill store, the supply room, the pipe shop, the carpenter's shop and pattern shop, the core room ...

, City Market, Exchange Building, Farmers' Bank and

Nathaniel Friend House Nathaniel Friend House is a historic home located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1815–1816, and is a -story, six-bay, Federal style brick commercial / residential building. It has a rear ell that may incorporate the original kitchen ...

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It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1980, with a boundary increase in 2008.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Buildings and structures in Petersburg, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Petersburg, Virginia {{PetersburgVA-NRHP-stub