Church Hill in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
2514 E. Franklin Street
C. 1875
Historic Richmond
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 8, 2020
1. 2514 E. Franklin Street Marker
Inscription.
2514 E. Franklin Street. C. 1875. This Italianate two-story, pressed brick rowhouse was constructed along with the adjacent rowhouses (2510 and 2512 E. Franklin St.) prior to 1877 and retains its original bracketed eaves and pierced paneled cornice. The first recorded residents of the house, Rev. John M. Butler, pastor of Fulton Baptist Church, and his wife A. Wilkie Butler, resided here from 1879 through 1880. Other residents included Alfred B. Cheatham, clerk for the Virginia Steamboat Company, John F. Parkinson, policeman, William Miffleton, printer for J.W. Fergusson and Son, and James N. Smith, tinner. This house is listed as a contributing structure to the St. Johns Church Historic District listed on the Virginia Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
This Italianate two-story, pressed brick rowhouse was constructed along with the adjacent rowhouses (2510 and 2512 E. Franklin St.) prior to 1877 and retains its original bracketed eaves and pierced paneled cornice. The first recorded residents of the house, Rev. John M. Butler, pastor of Fulton Baptist Church, and his wife A. Wilkie Butler, resided here from 1879 through 1880. Other residents included Alfred B. Cheatham, clerk for the Virginia Steamboat Company, John F. Parkinson, policeman, William Miffleton, printer for J.W. Fergusson & Son, and James N. Smith, tinner. This house is listed as a contributing structure to the St. Johns Church Historic District listed on the Virginia Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
Location. 37° 31.781′ N, 77° 25.188′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in Church Hill. It is on East Franklin Street just west of North 26th Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2514 E Franklin St, Richmond VA 23223, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 8, 2020
2. 2514 E. Franklin Street
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 399 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 9, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
