Lee Memorial Park, Petersburg

Name: Lee Memorial Park
Address: DEFENSE Rd, Petersburg, United States

#20 among attractions in Petersburg

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Lee Memorial Park is a historic park and national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes two contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing structures. They are the park superintendent's house, the bathhouse, Willcox Lake reservoir, the Civil War earthworks, the park's system of roadways, paths and trails, the park's general topography and the Lee Park Wild Flower and Bird Sanctuary created by the Works Progress Administration between 1935 and 1940. As part of the W.P.A. project, Petersburg artist Bessie Niemeyer Marshall painted 238 watercolors of Lee Park herbarium specimens. ()

Built: 1921 (103 years ago)Elevation: 161 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 37°11'50"N, 77°24'26"W

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DEFENSE RdPetersburg United States

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Lee Memorial Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Southpark Mall, City Market, Blandford Church, Gillfield Baptist Church.

3.9 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Southpark Mall, Colonial Heights
101 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.
2.5 miN
Shopping, Market
City Market, Petersburg
65 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.
2.3 miNE
Cemetery, Church, Sacred and religious sites
Blandford Church, Petersburg
58 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.
1.8 miN
Church
Gillfield Baptist Church, Petersburg
47 min walk • Gillfield Baptist Church is the second-oldest black Baptist congregation in Petersburg, Virginia and one of the oldest in the nation. It has the oldest handwritten record book of any black church. It was organized in 1797 as a separate, integrated congregation. In 1818 it built its first church at its current lot on Perry Street.
2.3 miN
City hall
Petersburg City Hall, Petersburg
58 min walk • Petersburg City Hall is a historic city hall building located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was designed by architect Ammi B. Young and built between 1856 and 1859, as the U.S. Customs House and Post Office.
2.1 miN
Park, Georgian architecture
Folly Castle Historic District, Petersburg
53 min walk • Folly Castle Historic District, also known as the West Washington Street Historic District, is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes 189 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object located in a predominantly residential section of Petersburg.
2.3 miN
Greek Revival architecture, Church
Tabb Street Presbyterian Church, Petersburg
59 min walk • Tabb Street Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was designed by architect Thomas Ustick Walter and built in 1843, in the Greek Revival style.
2.1 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Second Presbyterian Church, Petersburg
53 min walk • Second Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 419 W. Washington St. Petersburg, Virginia. It was designed by architect and church pastor Theodorick Pryor and was built in 1861–1862, in the Gothic Revival style.
2.1 miN
Greek Revival architecture, Church
Washington Street Methodist Church, Petersburg
55 min walk • Washington Street Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1842, and is a one-story with gallery, brick building in the Greek Revival style. It features a massive Greek Doric order pedimented tetrastyle portico added in 1890.
2.2 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Saint Paul's Church, Petersburg
56 min walk • The Saint Paul's Church also known as Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, is a historic Episcopal church in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. It was designed by Niernsee & Neilson and built between 1855 and 1857, in the Gothic Revival style. The church is constructed of brick and features a three-story entrance tower.
2.2 miNE
Cemetery
People's Memorial Cemetery, Petersburg
56 min walk • People's Memorial Cemetery, formerly known as Providence Cemetery, is a historic African-American cemetery located at Petersburg, Virginia. The cemetery was deeded in three sections: the first tract in 1840, the second tract was added in 1865, and the final acres were deeded about 1880.