Church Hill in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
2119 E. Broad Street
c. 1885
Historic Richmond
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 10, 2023
1. 2119 E. Broad Street Marker
Inscription.
2119 E. Broad Street. c. 1885. 2119 E. Broad was originally apart of the King of England's land grant to William Byrd I and later designated as Lot 106 on the 1737 William Mayo Plan of Richmond. This frame three-bay rowhouse features a shed roof, a bracketed cornice, six-over-six sash windows with dentils and a two-story full-length front porch. Frederick B. Minson, farmer, purchased the lot in 1885 from R. H. Duesberry, purchasing agent with the Richmond and Danville Railroad and owner of 2117 E. Broad Street. The house was completed in 1885 and Willoe Gregory, wholesale grocer at 1202 E. Cary Street, was the first tenant. In 1889, Edgar M. Willis, baggage master, and Elliott F. Duesberry, printer, lived here. Other tenants were Thomas H. Stovall, proprietor of the C and O restaurant, Frank L. Butler with Montgomery and Co., and Francis M. Hollis, roadmaster. The Minson family owned the house as rental property until 1919. It is listed as a contributing strucutre of the St. John's Church Historic District on the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
2119 E. Broad was originally apart of the King of England's land grant to William Byrd I and later designated as Lot 106 on the 1737 William Mayo Plan of Richmond. This frame three-bay rowhouse features a shed roof, a bracketed cornice, six-over-six sash windows with dentils and a two-story full-length front porch. Frederick B. Minson, farmer, purchased the lot in 1885 from R. H. Duesberry, purchasing agent with the Richmond & Danville Railroad and owner of 2117 E. Broad Street. The house was completed in 1885 and Willoe Gregory, wholesale grocer at 1202 E. Cary Street, was the first tenant. In 1889, Edgar M. Willis, baggage master, and Elliott F. Duesberry, printer, lived here. Other tenants were Thomas H. Stovall, proprietor of the C & O restaurant, Frank L. Butler with Montgomery & Co., and Francis M. Hollis, roadmaster. The Minson family owned the house as rental property until 1919. It is listed as a contributing strucutre of the St. John's Church Historic District on the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
37° 31.996′ N, 77° 25.301′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in Church Hill. It is on East Broad Street just west of North 22nd Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2119 E Broad 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), November 10, 2023
2. 2119 East Broad Street
Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 216 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 11, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
