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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
in the
United States of America
. Its reference number is
78003185
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English:
Old U.S. Customs House & Post Office, 129-141 North Union Street, Petersburg, VA. Now City Hall CALL NUMBER:
HABS VA,27-PET,31- Historic American Buildings Survey, creator Survey number HABS VA-659 Building/structure dates: 1858 initial construction 1870 subsequent work1910 subsequent work Significance: This building was designed by Ammi B. Young, first Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury, in the Italian Renaissance style. During the War between the States, it housed the Confederate military authorities, while the roof was a Confederate signal station and a favorite place from which to view the fighting on the eastern front. |
| Date | Summer 1981 |
| Source | HABS at Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/va/va0300/va0365/photos/160920pv.jpg |
| Author | Katherine Wetzel, HABS employee |
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