{"nrhp_refnum":"95001182","name":"Seven Pines National Cemetery","other_names":["VDHR File No. 43-755"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"400 E. Williamsburg Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandston","county":"Henrico County","state":"VA","lat":37.52054672200006,"lon":-77.30172422499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-10-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1.9-acre Civil War era national cemetery at 400 East Williamsburg Road, Sandston, Henrico County, Virginia, about eight miles southeast of Richmond. It was established on June 27, 1866, and includes a brick perimeter wall, gates, a Second Empire lodge built in 1874 and several service buildings.","why_significant":"The cemetery is significant under Criterion A for its association with the Civil War and the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), fought in 1862 on part of the grounds. Under Criterion C, its lodge represents a prototypical design by Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs, regarded as a master architect of Quartermaster Corps civil works.","narrative":"Seven Pines National Cemetery occupies 1.9 acres at Sandston, east of Richmond, Virginia. Established in June 1866, it holds the remains of Civil War soldiers gathered from Savage's Station and from farms and fields within about four miles; of 1,791 interments, 1,244 are unknown soldiers. The grounds are enclosed by a brick wall built in 1876 with wrought-iron gates on stone piers. The 1874 lodge, an L-shaped brick and stone building with a tin and slate mansard roof, follows a Second Empire design by Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs. Other contributing features include a 1934 utility building, a 1936 gasoline storage building, a flagpole and a monument made from a seacoast artillery tube. The cemetery lies on part of the ground where the Battle of Seven Pines, also called Fair Oaks, was fought in 1862, and it takes its name from a nearby road intersection. Its wartime association and the lodge design supported its listing.","period_of_significance":"1866-1936","architect_builder":"Meigs, Montgomery C.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Second Empire","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Officially closed to new casketed interments in 1964, but interments in occupied graves and of cremated remains continue; the lodge, utility building and other resources survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.424478-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/95001182.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001182/ba69a84b07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001182/ba69a84b07-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Haines Photo Co. (Conneaut, Ohio)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panoramic_view_of_Seven_Pines_Battlefield_National_Cemetery,_Henrico_County,_Virginia_(1912).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Haines Photo Co. (Conneaut, Ohio)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panoramic_view_of_Seven_Pines_Battlefield_National_Cemetery,_Henrico_County,_Virginia_(1912).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835175","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Pines_National_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85800487"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/henrico-county/seven-pines-national-cemetery-95001182/"}