Wallaceton (Chesapeake, Virginia) facts for kids
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Wallaceton
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Northern side
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 Location in Virginia
Location in the United States
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| Location | 3509 George Washington Hwy., S, Chesapeake, Virginia |
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| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1853 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000455 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1994 |
Wallaceton is a historic home located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The original section was built between 1853 and 1863, as a company store. It was expanded after the American Civil War. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has flat corner pilasters, a heavy box cornice under the eaves, and a full width front porch. Also on the property are a contributing two-room kitchen building and a dairy. About 1910, it was relocated approximately 100 feet to the east of the Dismal Swamp Canal to remove it from canal property. It was named for John Gallaudet Wallace (1840-1910) a farmer and businessman who fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy, as a Captain of Company C, 61st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
