(South Face):
Zero Milestone
Virginia Highways
(East Face):
Point for the measurement of distances from Richmond on Highways of Virginia
(North Face):
North Latitude 37° 32' 23"
West Longitude 77° 26' 04" . . . — — Map (db m4651) HM
In honor of
the men and women
of
the City of Richmond, Virginia,
who gave their lives in
The World War
for the principles of
justice, freedom and democracy.
Erected by their comrades of the
five Richmond posts of the . . . — — Map (db m90097) WM
The wall of granite ahead is the remnant of a small quarry. Granite from this site may have been used in the construction of the canal locks or canal arch in this park.
Quarrying was a major industry in Richmond during . . . — — Map (db m133708) HM
The large granite building is what remains of the second oldest water pumping station in Richmond.
It was built in 1882 and provided drinking water for the City of Richmond for over forty years. Nine pumps on the first floor drew . . . — — Map (db m133703) HM
The granite basin at your feet is a canal lock, a way to link high bodies of water to low ones. There are two locks in this park. They were built around 1830 by black slaves, Irish immigrants and Italian stone masons and are part of the . . . — — Map (db m133705) HM
This sturdy granite Pump House looks like a church on the outside and a castle on the inside. It was designed by City Engineer and Civil War Veteran Colonel W. Cutshaw. The long vertical lines and sharply arched "lancet" windows show that . . . — — Map (db m133706) HM
A maze of rocks, rapids, channels and islands stretches along the James River between the 14th Street Bridge (3 miles to your left) and the Edward Wiley Memorial Bridge (4 miles to your right).
It is called the Fall Line . . . — — Map (db m133702) HM
From this point you can see the remains of three different canals. Two of these canals were for transportation. One was for drinking water.
Look to your right: The flat, slow channel is the water supply for the Byrd Park Pump . . . — — Map (db m133707) HM
Built 1928
Fred A. Bishop, Architect
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m152369) HM
The Great Basin of the James River & Kanawha Canal covered three square blocks directly in front of this plaque: between Cary and Canal, and 8th and 12th Streets. By 1834, millers had realized the Basin’s water could be used to turn waterwheels, and . . . — — Map (db m26573) HM
(front panel)
Railroads
Richmond has been a railroad center since the 1830’s.
In 1838, the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad had its main depot and shops at 8th & Byrd streets. A short north-south link, the R&P was the parent . . . — — Map (db m26586) HM
Christopher Newport Cross
On May 24, 1607, Captain Christopher Newport and a party of explorers who had landed at Jamestown just days earlier arrived at the site of modern-day Richmond. Hoping to find a passage to the Pacific, they found . . . — — Map (db m23819) HM
Capt. Christopher Newport
John Smith
Gabriel Archer
Hon. George Percy
With gentlemen, mariners, soldiers numbering twenty-one explored James River to the falls, and set up a cross
Whitsunday, May 24th 1607
This monument is . . . — — Map (db m23818) HM
Seven sites in downtown Richmond have been locations for water-powered industry:
HOLLYWOOD: A flour mill was operating by 1800. Canal water powered a paper mill beginning in 1887, and a 2,100 kilowatt hydroelectric plant from 1940 to 1972. . . . — — Map (db m26580) HM
The Evacuation Fire destroyed roughly 1,000 buildings. It spread from here to the James River, and from the foot of Gambles Hill east to beyond 14th Street.
The first tires were set by Confederate forces just after daybreak Monday April 3, . . . — — Map (db m26582) HM
On Sunday morning, April 2, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was notified while in church that Petersburg was falling. By noon, the evacuation of the Confederate government and army from Richmond was set in motion. Late Sunday evening, a . . . — — Map (db m26581) HM
Richmond's Gallego Mills were a major 19th century industry. In 1834, Joseph Gallego built a mill on the Great Basin at the northwest corner of 12th & Canal Streets. The mill used Basin water to turn its waterwheels. After an 1848 fire, Messrs. . . . — — Map (db m23880) HM
The stones in this plaza have been arranged to suggest the outline of a typical lock on Richmond’s James River and Kanawha Canal. Where you now stand was once a part of the Great Turning Basin which served the heart of the commercial area in . . . — — Map (db m26569) HM
The stones in this plaza have been arranged to suggest the outline of a typical lock on Richmond’s James River and Kanawha Canal. Where you now stand was once a part of the Great Turning Basin which served the heart of the commercial area in . . . — — Map (db m235943) HM
The first gristmill in Richmond was built on rocks in the river and approached by planks laid from one rock to another.
In the 19th century, fleets of schooners and brigs carried Richmond's flour to Brazil and around Cape Horn to San Francisco . . . — — Map (db m23928) HM
One of the first industries to benefit from American industrial innovation was flour milling. Oliver Evans published The Young Mill-wright and Miller's Guide in 1795, and his patented principles of design spread quickly. Evans' mechanized . . . — — Map (db m23883) HM
Stone Number SB-01 from Lock Number 1 of the Tidewater Connection of the James River and Kanawha Canal. The lock was completed in 1854. The stones of this lock have been saved for future restoration. — — Map (db m26584) HM
Oliver White Hill Sr., civil rights attorney, helped dismantle legally mandated racial segregation in the South. He graduated from the Howard University School of Law in 1933 and returned to Richmond, his native city, in 1939. Working for the . . . — — Map (db m174182) HM
On 2 Apr. 1863, the largest wartime food riot in the Confederacy took place in Richmond the day after a group of women met at Belvidere Baptist Church in Oregon Hill to complain about rising costs, inflation, and speculation. In the morning, a crowd . . . — — Map (db m174188) HM
Built in 1844 for Norman Stewart, a Scottish tobacco merchant, the house was rented from his nephew, John Stewart, by Gen. Robert E. Lee's family during the Civil War. Following Lee's surrender at Appomattox, he lived here for just over two months. . . . — — Map (db m20518) HM
Flour milling was Richmond's earliest industry, and in the 19th century, only tobacco surpassed flour as Richmond's largest commercial product. Richmond flour brands were known internationally for not spoiling in tropical conditions, and were . . . — — Map (db m23952) HM
Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), leader of Bacon’s Rebellion, acquired land in 1674 at Curles Neck in Henrico County and property near the falls on the north side of the James River that became known as Bacon’s Quarter in what is now present-day . . . — — Map (db m1895) HM
The result of the merging on this site in 1899 of two institutions founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society as follows:
1865 - Richmond Theological School for Freemen
1865 - Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C.
1932 - Hartshorn . . . — — Map (db m77406) HM
William Byrd II of Westover, owner of the land around
the falls of the James River, wrote in his diary on
September 19, 1733:
…we laid the foundations of two large Citys. One at Shacco’s, to be called Richmond and the other at the point of . . . — — Map (db m16145) HM
First occupied by James White, a clerk at 1540 East Main Street, this is a typical Queen Anne row house with a projecting octagonal bay with a turret roof. It was built in 1891 and following 1895, it was the home of Moses H. Carter, a mailman, who . . . — — Map (db m166018) HM
David C. Kennedy was among the first residents of this Queen Anne home, built in 1905. Kennedy was the manager at hardware company Baldwin and Brown before becoming President of hardware company Kennedy Brothers and Kelham Inc. The business was . . . — — Map (db m149670) HM
This brick Queen Anne double house was built in 1905. It features a bow projection topped by a domical turret. The well-preserved colored rosettes in the slate roof and the octagonal turret are also duplicated at #208. The first resident was Frank . . . — — Map (db m149669) HM
This Italianate frame house was constructed in 1886. The Eastlake-style three-bay porch features turned and scroll sawn ornamentation and a handsome balustrade. Other notable features are the double entrance doors, tall first-floor windows and a . . . — — Map (db m235972) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m235973) HM
Construction began on the western end of this building in 1822. It front facade has since been altered due to lowering of the street level. This Federal style building has a distinctive history. After it was built by a carpenter, john Quarles, his . . . — — Map (db m149673) HM
This classic Italianate townhouse was built in 1885 by Charles W. Hardwick, a local developer. Mr. Hardwick was also the owner of Hardwick & Mitchell Box Factory & Planing Mill. The company was located at 1810-1816 Cary Street specializing in . . . — — Map (db m166011) HM
This Italianate style house was constructed in 1892 and Stephen Gaylord, manager of Pioneer Beef and Provisions Company, was its first occupant. Prominent features of this home include an eloquent wooden porch, segmental arched windows, and . . . — — Map (db m149674) HM
Commissioned in 1861, this Greek Revival was not completed until after the Civil War. Turpin owned with William Yarbrough the Turpin and Yarbrough Tobacco Co. located at 25th & Franklin which also served as the Second Alabama Hospital during the . . . — — Map (db m149676) HM
This brick Italianate double house was likely built by Lucy Murray. Its stunning details include an elaborate entrance with an arched door with a bracketed hood, a two-story bay projection with stone window heads, a bold cornice, and half-round . . . — — Map (db m235983) HM
This Greek Revival brick three-bay house was built c. 1860. The full-width porch is built on a raised foundation with brick piers. The house features cornices with ornamental brackets and dentils along with one-over-one windows. The first known . . . — — Map (db m235985) HM
This row of four brick Italianate townhouses was built c. 1876. The two-story houses exhibit brick work with fine mortar joints. The Beers Map of 1876 indicates W.H. Lyne owned the property. Mr. Lyne was a partner in Lyne & Brothers, auctioneers . . . — — Map (db m235981) HM
Built in 1861 for William Yarbrough, one of Richmond's leading tobacconists, whose factory still stands at the SW corner of 25th and Franklin Streets. A classic example of the Late Greek Revival style with Italianate touches, it is credited to . . . — — Map (db m149677) HM
Part of Carrington Row, this row house was built in 1818 by the sons of Ann Adams Carrington. The architecture was inspired by the work of Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Robert Mills. The home was designed by builder-architect Otis Mason. It is the . . . — — Map (db m67425) HM
Adams Row
2314 E. Marshall Street
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
c. 1895 — — Map (db m236001) HM
This brick Italianate two-story house was built c. 1890. The three-bay house features a double front entrance. The full-width front porch displays Victorian Eastlake details with ornamental brackets, dentils and a french curl ceiling. The brickwork . . . — — Map (db m236004) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m149656) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m149635) HM
This brick carriage house was renovated as a residence in 2019 and given the address of 260 N. 22nd Street. It was originally built as an outstanding for the property at 2119 E. Broad Street. It was first listed as an outbuilding on the Sanborn Fire . . . — — Map (db m235984) HM
Built in 1848 by Frederick and William Anderson, part of a row of four town houses. Owned by the family Miss Ellen Wilkins Tompkins, 1877 - 1963. Demolished in 1969 by the City of Richmond for library expansion. Re-erected in 1969 - 1971. — — Map (db m149660) HM
This house reflects the architectural elements of the turn of the twentieth century with an Italianate cornice and simple porch with turned posts in a classical balustrade. It was constructed as one of three houses, 2706-2708-2610. Virginia V. . . . — — Map (db m149664) HM
This rowhouse was constructed at the turn of the twentieth century and features an Italianate cornice and simple porch with turned posts in a classical balustrade. Edward C. Saunders occupied the house from 1902-1914. He was a traveling salesman for . . . — — Map (db m149663) HM
This classic brick three-bay townhouse was built c. 1886. The Italianate design features a delicate Eastlake porch. The city directory in 1886 lists Cyrus G. Bossieux of B. C. Bristow & Bro. as the first occupant. In 1889, Rev. T. P. Bell with the . . . — — Map (db m149671) HM
Built in 1897, this handsome Queen Anne brick row house features a rounded projecting bay window and turret, an asymmetrical façade, and a false slate mansard roof, architectural elements that are hallmarks of this period. The home with first . . . — — Map (db m216584) HM
This classic brick three-bay townhouse was built c.1875. The striking full-width front porch features a delicate iron railing and brackets with slender posts. The tall first-floor windows are noteworthy as are the segmental arches above the windows. . . . — — Map (db m216577) HM
This three-bay brick house was the home of Dr. Frederick H. Langstedt, a physician. It was built no later than 1871. The original house features a restrained Italianate cornice, a delicate iron porch, stone window lintels and unusual, oversized . . . — — Map (db m149668) HM
This Italianate brick house was built in 1888. Its notable features include granite shouldered window lintels, a handsome bracketed cornice and glass panel double entrance doors. Adolphus L. Savage, a brick contractor, was the original owner. Mr. . . . — — Map (db m216575) HM
Built circa 1904, this building with impressive Georgian Revival detailing, seen in its porch balustrades and pedestals, looks more like the large suburban houses of its time. Samuel T. White, the proprietor of S.J. White's and Sons Fish and Oysters . . . — — Map (db m216544) HM
This turn of the twentieth century house is a cross between Colonial Revival and Queen Anne styles. Notable features include the projecting bay, graceful cornices and porch details. Henry A. Hare, the first owner, was the President of Hare, Robinson . . . — — Map (db m216541) HM
This Queen Anne house with Colonial Revival accents was constructed in 1904. The first occupant was Henry A. Hare, a planing mill worker. this house is listed as a contributing structure to the St. John's Church Historic District on the Virginia . . . — — Map (db m180190) HM
This three-bay frame house was built c. 1881. The original design has been retrimmed with Georgian Revival details. The rear windows of the house have outstanding views of the river and surrounding neighborhoods. Originally, the house address was . . . — — Map (db m149667) HM
In 1860, this parcel of land was purchased by a George Benson. The vernacular style frame house was built with Greek Revival elements and a distinctive false mansard roof. Early occupants included Charles P. Epps – bookkeeper for J.E. Phillips and . . . — — Map (db m180192) HM
This three-bay rick row house was built c. 1897. The city directory in 1897 lists Edward L. Parr, clerk with Southern Railway, as the first occupant. Subsequent residents were John W. Maker, captain, and Eugene M. Wallace, a foreman at Miller & . . . — — Map (db m180191) HM
This brick house with Queen Anne detailing was built in 1897. The false mansard roof displays the intricate cast-iron cresting. Other notable features are the demi-octagonal projecting bays, robust balustrade, and stained-glass transoms. The first . . . — — Map (db m216540) HM
This late Victorian with its fine gauged brick provides the back drop for its highly decorated architectural elements. The Georgian front door includes a segmental arch with tracery and simple sidelights. The full-width front porch has pairs of . . . — — Map (db m180195) HM
This freestanding, frame, vernacular Italianate home was constructed in 1885. It features the original porch and cornices. Among its first occupants were Owen Tucker, sexton at St. Paul's Church, Landon Tucker, clerk at Boughman Brothers, and . . . — — Map (db m235989) HM
This vernacular Italianate three-bay frame house features double entrance doors with a transom and a full-width porch. The property was originally part of a larger parcel of land designated as 2500 E. Marshall Street. In 1870, it was purchased by . . . — — Map (db m236003) HM
Constructed in 1904 this frame Italianate house is noted for its bracketed cornice with dentils, paneled frieze and ornate porch. It was built for Robert Tucker, a clerk for Walter Koch's grocery, his wife Emma who lived here from 1904 to 1948. A . . . — — Map (db m235986) HM
This Folk Victorian, freestanding frame house was constructed c. 1900. This house boasts a porch with notable features. The turned posts supports a delicate frieze with pierced panels with turned spindles, openwork sunbursts and saw-tooth ornament. . . . — — Map (db m235987) HM
This quintessential Victorian style house features a bracketed Italianate porch and intricate oak-leaf pattern ironwork fence. It's earliest resident was W. C. Camp, a box manufacturer. Dr. Reverend James M. Frost, pastor of Leigh Street Baptist . . . — — Map (db m149665) HM
This Queen Anne building is an excellent example of preserved commercial architecture with its rusticated cast block walls, plate glass windows, mansard roof, and prominent storefront. It is part of a series of historically African-American owned . . . — — Map (db m133686) HM
This freestanding Colonial Revival frame house appears to have been constructed in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, however, city records indicate that it may predate 1875 and has been heavily renovated in the early twentieth century. . . . — — Map (db m180203) HM
Richmond mayor Dr. John Adams built a mansion here in 1802. It became the residence of Elizabeth Van Lew (1818-1900) whose father obtained it in 1836. During the Civil War, Elizabeth Van Lew led a Union espionage operation. African Americans, such . . . — — Map (db m15926) HM
Built between 1810 and 1816 by Dr. John Adams for his sister, Mrs. Mayo Carrington. This house was purchased in 1885 by St. John's Church for its rectory. Acquired in 1943 and restored by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities — — Map (db m166014) HM
Nearby is the site where Chief Totopotomoy of the Pamunkey died in 1656. The English colonists had become concerned over the recent settlement nearby of the Rickohockans along the falls of the James River. They called upon Totopotomoy to assist in . . . — — Map (db m16046) HM
Near this site Ricahecrian
(Seneca) Indians
overcame Colonel Edward Hill
and killed his ally Totopotomoi,
Chief of the Pamunkies
in 1656 — — Map (db m145333) HM
On 4 Jan. 1781, British troops led by Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold landed at Westover in Charles City County and began marching to Richmond. Learning of the threat, Governor Thomas Jefferson directed the removal of public records and military stores . . . — — Map (db m1905) HM
Burton-Farrar House
1818
2308 East Broad Street
is a contributing building to the
St. John's Church Historic District
Designated a
Virginia Historic Landmark
by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources
and placed on the . . . — — Map (db m149672) HM
Philip Johnson, one of the foremost architects of the 20th century, designed this building and its accompanying tower as a new headquarters for WRVA Radio. Dedicated in 1968, the structures were composted of poured concrete, and the . . . — — Map (db m166009) HM
On this hill stood Chimborazo Hospital 1862-1865
Established by Surgeon General S.P. Moore, C.S.A. Directed by Dr. James B. McCaw.
At that time, it was the largest military hospital in the world. It consisted of 150 buildings and 100 tents . . . — — Map (db m15507) HM
In this park Dr. James B. McCaw developed for the Confederate States of America a military hospital which was then the largest in human history. It received 17,000 wounded, served more than 76,000 patients, and had a mortality of less than 10%. Dr. . . . — — Map (db m16047) HM
On this 40-acre plateau the Confederates built Chimborazo Hospital, one of the largest and best-known Civil War military hospitals: 78,000 sick and wounded Confederate soldiers passed through the hospital from 1861-1865. Chimborazo’s neat rows of . . . — — Map (db m34784) HM
Here on this 40-acre plateau the Confederates built Chimborazo Hospital, one of the largest and best known Civil War military hospitals. Its neat rows of pavilion buildings enhanced ventilation and served as a model for many postwar hospitals. None . . . — — Map (db m16143) HM
An opponent of slavery, she helped the Union by running a successful spy ring in Richmond and in later years championed women's suffrage. — — Map (db m166017) HM
Gen'l Joseph E. Johnston,
Confederate States Army,
desperately wounded at the
Battle of Seven Pines,
was brought to the
Crenshaw residence
standing on this block,
and nursed to recovery.
This marker is placed by the
Confederate . . . — — Map (db m29838) HM
This tablet is dedicated
to mark the site where lie
the mortal remains of
George Wythe
Born 1726 - Died 1806
Jurist and Statesman
Teacher of Randolph
Jefferson and Marshall
First Professor of Law
in the United States . . . — — Map (db m76535) HM
Built about 1813 by Hilary Baker, uncle of Union spy Elizabeth Van Lew, whose parents were married in this house. It was acquired in 1957 by Historic Richmond Foundation and presented to the Association for the Presentation of Virginia Antiquities . . . — — Map (db m166013) HM
Richmond is one of the most historic cities in the nation. Captain John Smith was among the first Europeans to visit in 1607, and William Byrd II, the founder of Richmond laid out the original street pattern.
This photograph, taken in 1865 . . . — — Map (db m67162) HM
Richmond is one (of) America's most historic cities. Captain John Smith was among the first Europeans to visit in 1607, and William Byrd II, the founder of Richmond laid out the original street pattern.
This 1862 photograph by Matthew Brady, . . . — — Map (db m140567) HM
Built by Luther Libby whose warehouse during Civil War became the Libby Prison. Original Greek revival house has a classical entrance porch. A stepped, gable roof was replaced by a mansard roof before 1900. Other residents were Lemuel Powers . . . — — Map (db m149666) HM
Freed slave of the Van Lew family and indispensable partner to Elizabeth Van Lew in her pro-Union espionage work, she worked at the Confederate White House gathering and passing on military intelligence to the Union through Van Lew to General Grant. — — Map (db m166016) HM
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