Appomattox Manor

Appomattox Manor
Appomattox Manor
Appomattox Manor is located in Virginia
Appomattox Manor
Appomattox Manor is located in the United States
Appomattox Manor
LocationCedar Lane, at confluence of James and Appomattox Rivers, Hopewell, Virginia
Coordinates37°19′0″N 77°16′38″W / 37.31667°N 77.27722°W / 37.31667; -77.27722
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1751
NRHP reference No.69000015[1]
VLR No.116-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 01, 1969
Designated VLRNovember 5, 1968[2]
Appomattox Manor marker

Appomattox Manor is a former plantation house in Hopewell, Virginia, United States. It is best known as the Union headquarters during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864–65.

The restored c. 1751 manor house on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the James River and Appomattox River, and the grounds are managed by the National Park Service. The museum there, Grant's Headquarters at City Point Museum, is a unit of the Petersburg National Battlefield Park.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.