Area less than one acre VLR # 123-0087 | Built c. 1815 (1815) NRHP Reference # 76002226 Added to NRHP 11 August 1976 | |
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Location 20-28 Old St., Petersburg, Virginia |
Appomattox Iron Works is a historic iron foundry complex located at Petersburg, Virginia. The complex consists of nine buildings: the machine shop, the mill store, the supply room, the pipe shop, the carpenter's shop and pattern shop, the core room, the foundry building, the blacksmith's shop, and the ruins of a stable. The machine shop at 28 Old St. is the oldest structure in the complex. It was built between 1810 and 1825, and is a three-story, four bay, Federal style brick building. The Appomattox Iron Works operated at this location from 1899 until 1972.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Petersburg Old Town Historic District.
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