Kippax Plantation, Hopewell

Name: Kippax Plantation
Address: Hopewell, United States

#7 among attractions in Hopewell

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Kippax Plantation was located on the south bank of the Appomattox River in what is today the City of Hopewell in southeast Virginia. Kippax Plantation was the home of Colonel Robert Bolling. Bolling married Jane Rolfe, who was the granddaughter of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Their only child, John Bolling was born at Kippax in 1676, and settled nearby at Cobbs Plantation, just west of Point of Rocks across the Appomattox River in what is now Chesterfield County. While Jane's father Thomas Rolfe never lived at Kippax Plantation, it is believed that he was buried there, as were Robert and Jane. ()

Coordinates: 37°16'48"N, 77°19'5"W

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Kippax Plantation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Southpark Mall, Grant's Headquarters at City Point Museum, City Market, Blandford Church.

4.5 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Southpark Mall, Colonial Heights
114 min walk • Southpark Mall is a shopping mall serving the Tri-Cities, Virginia area, which itself is part of the much larger Richmond-Petersburg metropolitan area.
3.4 miNE
Park, Historical place, Museum
Grant's Headquarters at City Point Museum, Hopewell
87 min walk • Grant's Headquarters at City Point is a museum operated by the National Park Service at Appomattox Manor in Hopewell, Virginia. It is a unit of the Petersburg National Battlefield Park.
5.7 miSW
Shopping, Market
City Market, Petersburg
146 min walk • City Market, also known as Farmers Market, is an historic public market located at 9 East Old Street in Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1878–1879 through a land given in trust by merchant Robert Balling. The City Market is an octagonal brick building.
5.3 miSW
Cemetery, Church, Sacred and religious sites
Blandford Church, Petersburg
137 min walk • The Blandford Church is the oldest building in Petersburg, Virginia whose history is well documented. It is at the highest point in the city, atop Well's Hill. It is today part of a memorial to Southern soldiers who died during the Civil War.
2.4 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Beacon Theatre, Hopewell
61 min walk • Beacon Theatre, also known as the Broadway Theatre and Pythian Lodge, is a historic theatre building located at Hopewell, Virginia.
5.2 miSW
Cemetery
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg
132 min walk • Blandford Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Petersburg, Virginia. The oldest stone, marking the grave of Richard Yarbrough, reads 1702. It is located adjacent to the People's Memorial Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery.
2.1 miN
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Weston Manor, Hopewell
55 min walk • Weston Manor is an 18th-century plantation house on the south shore of the Appomattox River in Hopewell, Virginia.
5.6 miSW
Museum, Greek Revival architecture, History museum
Centre Hill Museum, Petersburg
144 min walk • Centre Hill Museum or Centre Hill Mansion as its proper name, completed initial construction in 1823 and was built by Revolutionary War veteran Robert Bolling IV. The Bollings were a very prominent family for many generations, being granted a plot of land in present-day Petersburg by the then King of England.
4.2 miSW
Park
Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg
109 min walk • Petersburg National Battlefield is a National Park Service unit preserving sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg.
5.5 miSW
Military museum, Historical place, Museum
Violet Bank Museum, Colonial Heights
140 min walk • Violet Bank is a historic plantation house and museum in Colonial Heights, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
5.3 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Pocahontas Island, Petersburg
136 min walk • Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from Petersburg. Since 1915 a new channel for the river separated it from Chesterfield County and the former channel no longer separates it from the city.