Poplar Lawn Historic District is a national

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located in Petersburg, Virginia. The district is named after Petersburg's central park, which spans about two city blocks. In the early 19th century, it was often used as a military parade ground, but during he American Civil War, it became a tent-based detention center and hospital. Later, it became the site of civic celebrations, including possibly the first Memorial Day, on June 9, 1865. The district also includes 372 contributing buildings, mostly mid- to late-19th-century, single-family residences for middle and upper-middle-class families, some constructed of brick, others weatherboard frame, and later subdivided. Residential architectural styles include

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, Colonial Revival, Second Empire, and Italianate. Notable buildings include the Bolling-Zimmer House (c. 1830), St. Stephen's Church (c. 1912), Zion Baptist Church (c. 1880s), William T. Double House (c. 1855), the Waterworks (1856), Dr. Robert Broadnax House (1858), Market Street Methodist Church Parsonage (c. 1905), Maurice Finn House (c. 1904), and the Frank M. D'Alton Double House (c. 1911). an
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/ref> Poplar Lawn Park features a stone basin of uncertain age that is five feet across, and with an oval-shaped depression a foot wide and a foot deep. It is traditionally known as " Pocahontas' bath", though there is no proof she ever used it. It was listed on the

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in 1980, with a boundary increase in 2006.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival architecture in Virginia Italianate architecture in Virginia Second Empire architecture in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia Houses in Petersburg, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Petersburg, Virginia Brick buildings and structures in Virginia {{PetersburgVA-NRHP-stub