Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Rostrum, 8005 Virginiaughan Road, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia
Summary
Significance: The Rostrum was dedicated on 2 January 1897. The U.S. Army Office of the Quartermaster General issued this standard design in 1886 and more than 30 rostrums of this style were erected in national cemeteries during the late nineteenth century. Octagonal in plan, the 17'-4" diameter rostrum consists of a raised brick platform, with cast- and wrought-iron stairs, railings, ornament, columns, and roof framing; the roof is clad in tin panels.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N49
Survey number: HALS VA-56-A
Building/structure dates: 1897 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1897
Contributors
Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Leach, Sara Amy, historian
Pierce, Ryan, delineator
Davidson, Paul, delineator
Harrison, Michael, historian
Price, Virginia B., historian
Location
Petersburg, 37.22793, -77.40193
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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