Point of Rocks (Chester, Virginia)

{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Point of Rocks

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = December 6, 2004{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 020-0123

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Point of Rocks driveway.jpg

| caption = Property entrance

| location= 1005 Point of Rocks Rd., Chester, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|19|18|N|77|20|17|W|display=inline}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = {{Start date|1840}}

| architect =

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = March 10, 2005

| area = {{convert|10|acre}}

| refnum = 05000134{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Point of Rocks is a historic plantation house located near Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built about 1840, and is a one-story, three-bay, double pile dwelling with weatherboard siding and a low-pitched hipped standing seam metal roof in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property is a contributing garage. The property was the location of a Union military observation point and headquarters for General Benjamin F. Butler and hospital established in 1864 during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of the American Civil War.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Chesterfield/020-0123_PointofRocks_2005_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Point of Rocks |author=Crystal C. Monroe and Department of Historic Resources Staff | date=August 2004|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Chesterfield/NR_Chesterfield_PointofRocks_photographs_page.htm Accompanying four photos] Union troops of the 2nd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment fought a skirmish against Confederate forces at Point of Rocks on May 23, 1864.{{cite book |last=United States War Department|first=|author-link= |date=1895 |title=The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Vol. 36 Serial 68 |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |page=195 |url=https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/068/0195}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.