Tree Hill | |
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| Location | VA 5, near Richmond, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°29′46″N 77°24′49″W / 37.49611°N 77.41361°W |
| Area | 531 acres (215 ha) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 74002127[1] |
| VLR No. | 043-0032 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 17, 1974 |
| Designated VLR | May 21, 1974[2] |
Tree Hill near Richmond, Virginia, in Henrico County, Virginia, is a Greek Revival style plantation house overlooking the James River about two miles east of downtown Richmond near the intersection of the historic Osborne Turnpike and New Market Road.[3] Currently still a private farm, but expected to become partly a park after housing and commercial development, it was once owned by Richmond distiller and landowner Franklin Stearns, a prominent Unionist during the American Civil War. Centuries earlier, it had been a Native American camp site, and the birthplace of powerful chief Powhatan (d.1618).
On the night of April 3, 1865, as Richmond burned due to fires set by evacuating Confederate forces, Richmond mayor Joseph C. Mayo traveled in a horse-drawn buggy along Main Street (which becomes the Osborne Turnpike) alongside the James River about a mile past Rockett's Landing, where he came upon Union cavalry encamped at Tree Hill (near the intersection with New Market Road toward Williamsburg). He delivered a note surrendering the city and requesting help restoring order and protecting people and property.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tree Hill" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2017-01-09. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated at p. 4
- ^ A Tree Falls henricomonthly.com [dead link]