3509 George Washington Hwy., S, Chesapeake (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Chesapeake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 19, 1994. NRIS 94000455.
3 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Wallaceton is a historic home located at Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. 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 (30 m) to the east of the Dismal Swamp Canal to remove it from canal property. It was named for John Gallaudet Wallace, a farmer and businessman who fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680125