Built 1853 (1853) VLR # 131-0379 Opened 1853 Added to NRHP 19 May 1994 | NRHP Reference # 94000455 Designated VLR March 10, 1994 Area 1 ha | |
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Location 3509 George Washington Hwy., S, Chesapeake, Virginia Architectural style Greek Revival architecture Similar Norfolk County Historical, Dismal Swamp Canal, Lake Drummond, Great Dismal Swamp, Chesapeake Arboretum | ||
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.