Petersburg National Battlefield is preparing for the preservation of the two smokehouses and dairy, at the General Grant’s Headquarters Unit in Hopewell, Virginia. The preservation of these buildings, which are part of historic Appomattox Plantation and listed as a part of the City Point National Register District, includes the removal of the three buildings from their foundations to perform wood framing and sheathing repairs, carpentry repairs, and interior and exterior painting. Additionally, the project will attempt to restore the three buildings foundations. The restoration of the foundations will follow an archeological survey to investigate the integrity of resources underground and construction of the foundations. The results of the survey will inform the restoration of the foundations.
Petersburg National Battlefield invites you to comment on the Preservation of Outbuildings at City Point draft Programmatic Agreement (PA) as part of the public process outlined in the regulations for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (36 CFR 800). Your comments will be considered as we finalize the PA. You may comment through PEPC via the following link https://parkplanning.nps.gov/PETE_CityPoint_Dairy-SmokehouseRepairs or via mail at the following address: 1539 Hickory Hill Rd., Petersburg, VA 23803. The comment period will run for 30 days from January 13th through February 12th. For more information on City Point Outbuildings Preservation, please contact Alexis Morris at (804) 732-3571 ext. 305 or at e-mail us.
People have lived at City Point for thousands of years and we want to ensure that the past is adequately recorded. The PA will guide how that work is accomplished and make sure that we do our best to protect both the archeology and the buildings during this project. The PA was developed after consultation with the Virginia State Historic Preservation Office and federally recognized tribes who used this area in the past. Our goal is to avoid, minimize or mitigate adverse effects to historic buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, that may result of the work that we will undertake.
