Gambles Hill in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

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Civil War Visitor Center

Richmond National Battlefield Park

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 3, 2009

1. Civil War Visitor Center Marker

Inscription. You are standing amid the remains of the Tredegar Iron Works, the nation’s largest and best-equipped ironworks in 1860. Some Tredegar iron industries operated until the 1950s.

Today, Tredegar’s Pattern Storage Building, constructed around 1867, serves as Richmond’s Civil War Visitor Center. This building once held patterns for casting guns, railroad wheels, and machinery. Other surviving structures include the 1861 gun foundry, the office building, a 1915 carpenter shop, and the company store. The site’s complex industrial heritage was largely dependent on the James River and Kanawha Canal, and is chronicled on panels throughout the site and in the Visitor Center.

Note: Original names of structures appear in parentheses.

Erected by Richmond National Battlefield Park.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil.

Location. Marker has been permanently removed. It was located near 37° 32.114′ N, 77° 26.735′ W. Marker was in Richmond, Virginia. It was in Gambles Hill. It could be reached from Tredegar Street 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street. This marker is located outside the Civil

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War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 470 Tredegar Street, Richmond VA 23219, United States of America.

We have been informed that this marker is no longer there and will not be replaced. This page is an archival view of what was.

Regionally, this marker was in Central Virginia.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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.

Other nearby markers. within walking distance of this location: Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Other markers no longer nearby. Overshot Waterwheel (was a few steps from this marker but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Overshot Waterwheel (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed); Toledo 1000-ton Press (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Southern Firepower (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named Southern Firepower (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it); Historic Tredegar (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); The Cupola Furnace and Foundry

Civil War Visitor Center Kiosk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 3, 2009

2. Civil War Visitor Center Kiosk

(was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Early Industrial Patterns (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); The Gun Foundry (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Adapting Power (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Francis Turbine (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Enterprise and Iron (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Gateway to the Civil War (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Joseph Reid Anderson (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Raceways (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Tredegar Iron Works (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).

More about this marker. On the right of the panel is a map of the Tredegar site showing the locations of historic buildings.

There

Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 3, 2009

3. Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works

This 1867 Pattern Storage Building at Tredegar serves as the National Park Service Visitor Center.

is an identical marker on the west side of the Pattern Storage Building.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 3, 2009

4. Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works

The entrance to the NPS Visitor Center is located in the rear of the Pattern Storage Building.

James River and Kanawha Canal image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 8, 2009

5. James River and Kanawha Canal

The Tredegar Company Store can be seen on the left.

The Carpenter Shop image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 3, 2009

6. The Carpenter Shop

Today serves as the Tredegar Bookstore & Shop.

Tredegar Office Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 3, 2009

7. Tredegar Office Building

Today houses administrative offices for the site.

The 1861 Gun Foundry Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 3, 2009

8. The 1861 Gun Foundry Building

Today is home to the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar.

Entrance to the Tredegar Iron Works site. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 3, 2009

9. Entrance to the Tredegar Iron Works site.

Richmond's Tredegar site is home to two Civil War history destinations: The Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond National Battlefield Park; and The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,362 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on November 13, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.