Strawberry Hill (Petersburg, Virginia)


Strawberry Hill is a historic home located at Petersburg, Virginia. The original section was built about 1795, with a two-story central section flanked by one-story wings ias a tripartite house n the Federal style. It was subsequently enlarged in 1818 and expanded through the early-20th century to be a rambling two-story, U-shaped frame building 90 feet long by 56 feet deep. The house was divided into three units in 1884 and restored by Joe Miller in the 1980s and '90s.
The house is notable for its use of quirked, neoclassical moldings in a pre-1800 context. The treatment of the chimneypiece flanked by decorative, arched niches is also remarkable.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located in the Folly Castle Historic District.