Church Hill in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
2510 E. Franklin Street
c. 1877
Historic Richmond
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 8, 2020
1. 2510 E. Franklin Street Marker
Inscription.
2510 E. Franklin Street. c. 1877. This three-bay brick Italianate townhouse was built no later than 1877 by a speculative builder It features a one-story porch with simple posts. The diminutive front yard features an iron fence with a welcoming gate. Watermen, Charles T., Daniel S. Sr. and Daniel S. Leffler, occupied the house in 1879. Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, widow, and Emma Turner, a teacher, lived here in 1885. Later tenants included J. F. Parkinson, policeman, Joseph Richardson, tinner, and Mollie B. Adams, widow. This house is listed as a contributing structure to the St. John's Church Historic District on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Histoirc Places.
This three-bay brick Italianate townhouse was built no later than 1877 by a speculative builder It features a one-story porch with simple posts. The diminutive front yard features an iron fence with a welcoming gate. Watermen, Charles T., Daniel S. Sr. and Daniel S. Leffler, occupied the house in 1879. Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, widow, and Emma Turner, a teacher, lived here in 1885. Later tenants included J. F. Parkinson, policeman, Joseph Richardson, tinner, and Mollie B. Adams, widow. This house is listed as a contributing structure to the St. John's Church Historic District on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Histoirc Places.
Location. 37° 31.784′ N, 77° 25.193′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in Church Hill. It is on East Franklin Street just east of North 25th Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2510 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. 2510 E. Franklin Street
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 282 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 10, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
