Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg

Name: Blandford Cemetery
Address: 319 S Crater Rd, Petersburg, United States

#5 among attractions in Petersburg

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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. ()

Built: 1702 (322 years ago)Coordinates: 37°13'33"N, 77°22'57"W

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319 S Crater RdPetersburg United States

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Blandford Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: City Market, Blandford Church, Petersburg Courthouse Historic District, Centre Hill Museum.

1.3 miNW
Shopping, Market
City Market, Petersburg
34 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.
~1480 ftW
Cemetery, Church, Sacred and religious sites
Blandford Church, Petersburg
8 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.
1.2 miW
Greek Revival architecture, Park
Petersburg Courthouse Historic District, Petersburg
31 min walk • Petersburg Courthouse Historic District is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes 75 contributing buildings located in the central business district of Petersburg.
1 miW
Museum, Greek Revival architecture, History museum
Centre Hill Museum, Petersburg
25 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.
1.3 miW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Farmers' Bank, Petersburg
33 min walk • Farmers' Bank is the first bank museum of its kind found in Virginia. Farmers' Bank was incorporated in 1812 and the Petersburg, Virginia branch opened in 1817.
1.2 miE
Park
Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg
31 min walk • Petersburg National Battlefield is a National Park Service unit preserving sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg.
1.3 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Pocahontas Island, Petersburg
34 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.
1.1 miW
Greek Revival architecture, Church
Washington Street Methodist Church, Petersburg
29 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.
1.1 miW
Greek Revival architecture, Park
Centre Hill Historic District, Petersburg
28 min walk • Centre Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes 81 contributing buildings located in a predominantly residential section of Petersburg.
1.2 miW
Interesting neighbourhood
Petersburg Courthouse, Petersburg
31 min walk • Petersburg Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was designed by New York architect Calvin Pollard and built between 1838 and 1840. It is a two-story, Classical Revival style brick building. It rests on a granite foundation and measures 57 feet wide and 93 feet deep.
1.4 miNW
Bridge
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge, Petersburg
36 min walk • The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge carries U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 301 across the Appomattox River at the Atlantic Seaboard fall line. It joins Colonial Heights and Petersburg, Virginia.