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Petersburg National Battlefield is a National Park Service unit preserving sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg (1864–65). The battlefield is near the city of Petersburg, Virginia, and includes outlying components in Hopewell, Prince George County, and Dinwiddie County. Over 140,000 people visit the park annually.
It now houses the Siege Museum, which displays artifacts and history relating to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg. The Siege Museum was closed about 2016. The Exchange Building now houses the Petersburg Visitor's Center on the first floor. In September 2021 a new museum, telling the 400 year history of Petersburg, will open.
The Tri-Cities of Virginia (also known as the Tri-City area or the Appomattox Basin) is an area in the Greater Richmond Region which includes the three independent cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell and portions of the adjoining counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, and Prince George in south-central Virginia.
Locals hope to see better parking, flower baskets, retail shops, boat dock, homeless shelter, arcade, laundromat, Wawa, parks, grocery store...
A report shows Petersburg slightly outdrew Richmond in both battlefield visitors and spending, but both attracted the same percentage of non-locals National Park Service says Petersburg's ...
Location of Petersburg in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Petersburg, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Petersburg, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
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Preservation Virginia undertook restoration of the building, and reopened it as a museum and visitors center. The building now houses the Petersburg Visitors Center. [7] Visitors can see a printing press and scales for weighing gold. [3] The living quarters on the third floor has also been restored. [3]