City Point Historic District

City Point occupies the tip of a small peninsula where the Appomattox and James rivers meet, in Hopewell, Virginia. The district covers about 39 acres across roughly seven blocks of minor residential streets, ringed by trees, a ravine and the open fields of Appomattox Manor. Most of its low-density housing dates from the 19th century, in Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and vernacular forms, mixed with Colonial and Georgian Revival examples. Notable buildings include Appomattox Manor, St. John's Episcopal Church of 1840, a Civil War Catholic chapel, the Cook House and the Christopher Proctor House of about 1800. Water Street once served wharves and, during the Civil War, warehouses for Union army supplies. Several houses were used as hospitals or quarters by Union forces. Many buildings have been altered with siding changes or apartment conversions, and some newer or modified structures do not fit the historic character. The district also includes early 20th-century bungalows and Baltimore Row, a block of thirteen brick row houses.