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Colonial Heights, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Chesterfield Highlands Historic District

(est. 1916)

— City of Colonial Heights, Virginia, incorporated 1948 —

 
 
Chesterfield Highlands Historic District Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 21, 2021
1. Chesterfield Highlands Historic District Marker
Inscription.
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior

 
Erected by City of Colonial Heights, Virginia.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureSettlements & Settlers.
 
Location. 37° 14.807′ N, 77° 24.542′ W. Marker is in Colonial Heights, Virginia. It is at the intersection of Lynchburg Avenue and Danville Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Lynchburg Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 127 Danville Ave, Colonial Heights VA 23834, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Colonial Heights War Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Violet Bank (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lee at Violet Bank (approx. 0.4 miles away); Magnolia Acuminata (approx. 0.4 miles away); Headquarters of Gen. R.E. Lee (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lee's Headquarters (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lafayette At Petersburg (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Colonial Heights.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Lee at Violet Bank (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Also see . . .  Chesterfield Highlands Historic District.
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Profile for the neighborhood on the City of Colonial Heights site. (Submitted on August 23, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.) 
 
Chesterfield Highlands Historic District Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 21, 2021
2. Chesterfield Highlands Historic District Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 290 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 23, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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