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Tree Hill (Richmond, Virginia)

Greek Revival houses in VirginiaHouses in Henrico County, VirginiaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in VirginiaNational Register of Historic Places in Henrico County, Virginia
TREE HILL, RICHMOND VICINITY, HENRICO COUNTY, VA
TREE HILL, RICHMOND VICINITY, HENRICO COUNTY, VA

Tree Hill near Richmond, Virginia, in Henrico County, Virginia, is a Greek Revival style plantation house overlooking the James River about two miles east of downtown Richmond near the intersection of the historic Osborne Turnpike and New Market Road. Currently still a private farm, but expected to become partly a park after housing and commercial development, it was once owned by Richmond distiller and landowner Franklin Stearns, a prominent Unionist during the American Civil War. Centuries earlier, it had been a Native American camp site, and the birthplace of powerful chief Powhatan (d.1618). On the night of April 3, 1865, as Richmond burned due to fires set by evacuating Confederate forces, Richmond mayor Joseph C. Mayo traveled in a horse-drawn buggy along Main Street (which becomes the Osborne Turnpike) alongside the James River about a mile past Rockett's Landing, where he came upon Union cavalry encamped at Tree Hill (near the intersection with New Market Road toward Williamsburg). He delivered a note surrendering the city and requesting help restoring order and protecting people and property.

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TREE HILL, RICHMOND VICINITY, HENRICO COUNTY, VA
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