[Top plaque:]
The Fan Area Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
Contributing
Structure
Erected
1914
Richmond Virginia
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This property
has been placed on the . . . — — Map (db m133721) 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 property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
10 N. Boulevard
1915
— — Map (db m133720) HM
The keystone inscription bears the initials of the two owners of the Haxall-Crenshaw Mill, which once stood here.
The old 13th Street Bridge and the arch on the bank of the canal opposite this spot were built by Richard B. Haxall and Lewis D. . . . — — Map (db m23820) HM
The red line above marks the highest known flood level at this location.
On June 20, 1972, Hurricane Agnes brought torrential rainfall to the Richmond region, with the flood crest occurring on June 23. At this spot, flood levels reached a . . . — — Map (db m133685) HM
28th St Draw Bridge
The lift bridge before you was built by the Norfolk and Southern Railroad in 1929 to serve the paper mills along the Pamunkey River at West Point.
A moveable bridge was always necessary to allow . . . — — Map (db m47385) HM
On 16 Aug. 1864, Federal infantry stormed Confederate earthworks nearby, in the Second Battle of Deep Bottom. The 39th Illinois helped lead the assault. Pvt. Henry M. Hardenbergh, of Bremen Township, the color bearer, served in Co. G, called the . . . — — Map (db m185581) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
103 South Boulevard
1020
— — Map (db m133711) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
115 South Boulevard
1913
— — Map (db m133714) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
201 South Boulevard
1920
— — Map (db m133715) 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 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
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 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
Because of Shockoe Slip’s convenience to both canal and rail transport, many different businesses contributed to its economic make-up. Some of the buildings in this block housed concerns that would be expected in the area, such as a cigar . . . — — Map (db m40665) HM
This building, now the home of the popular Tobacco Company Restaurant, was originally built in 1866, just one year after the Evacuation Fire. Erected during the most difficult period Richmond has ever experienced, the structure was considered . . . — — Map (db m40664) HM
This corner has long been dominated by restaurants and saloons which served the commercial area’s workers and clientele. Often commission merchants occupied the upstairs offices.
This handsomely detailed building erected on a site which extends . . . — — Map (db m40672) HM
In April 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan began marching his huge Army of the Potomac west up the Peninsula between the James and York Rivers from Fort Monroe to Richmond, the Confederate capital. Gen. John B. Magruder’s forces delayed the . . . — — Map (db m171304) HM
This Queen Anne house was built by John A. Kratz, an animal feed dealer turned bookkeeper. The generous front porch overlooks Jefferson Park, originally named Marshall Park. The house features decorative brickwork at the cornice with dentils and . . . — — Map (db m256384) HM
This house, known as the Wicker House, was constructed in 1911. It was the last house to be constructed on this block, which was then named Park Ave. The original owner, Reverend J. J. Wicker, pastor of Leigh Street Baptist Church sold the house in . . . — — Map (db m256383) 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 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
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
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 brick Greek Revival double house has a grand presence. It was built c. 1859 by John Nettles. the roof has a handsome cornice and the entrance porch has crisp, fluted columns. Robert S. Valentine, a clerk at Levy Bros., was a resident from . . . — — Map (db m256389) 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
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 three-bay brick house was built by James M. Talbott, Jr., a tobacconist. This Italianate house features a handsome cornice, segmental-arched two-over-two windows with corbelled lintels, a full-width porch with double entrance doors and transom. . . . — — Map (db m256388) 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
Built in 1885, this frame Victorian house retains many of its original features such as its modillioned box cornice with dentils, shingles with floral decorations, and a porch with decorative sawn woodwork. The home had numerous residents through at . . . — — Map (db m256385) 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
This classical two-story Queen Anne townhouse features pressed brick, a false mansard roof, stone lintels and octagonal bays on both levels. The delicate Eastlake-style porch with turned posts with panels of turned spindles, saw-tooth ornament . . . — — Map (db m302041) 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
On 27 April 1781, Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold led the British army's 76th and 80th Regiments, the Queen's Rangers, and some other units in an assault at Osborne's in Chesterfield County. The Americans posted a number of Virginia Navy ships near here . . . — — Map (db m266705) 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 m264980) HM
The Raceway and Earlier Uses of the Site
This raceway brought water from the James River and Kanawha Canal to power waterwheels, and later turbines, that drove machinery. During its earliest use, the raceway contained at least two overshot . . . — — Map (db m291974) HM
Adčle Goodman Clark fought tirelessly to champion both women’s rights and the arts in Virginia. Clark gained prominence for pro-suffrage speeches and writings as a founding member in 1909 of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. She used her . . . — — Map (db m47379) HM
For almost ten months beginning in mid-June 1864, the Army of the Potomac besieged the cities of Petersburg and Richmond from the east and south. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Union fortifications extended west of Petersburg . . . — — Map (db m164454) HM
Today, heavy woods have replaced the vast rolling wheat fields upon which the armies fought. Timber also hides the steep slopes and jagged ravines that shielded the flanks of the Union position. The rough terrain forced most of the Confederates to . . . — — Map (db m29441) HM
The Richmond waterfront is steeped in African American history. From the early days when Richmond was a colonial trading post, free, indentures, and enslaved African Americans lived and worked in the area. Later, the Richmond dock became a place . . . — — Map (db m202877) HM
The African Church of Manchester, later known as First Baptist Church of South Richmond, originated ca. 1821 when a group of free African Americans began meeting for worship in a private home near here. The congregation acquired a meetinghouse just . . . — — Map (db m202469) HM
On 24 Oct. 1925, Upsilon Omega became Richmond's first chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the first Greek-letter organization founded by Black women. This graduate chapter, following the sorority's principles of scholarship, leadership, . . . — — Map (db m302488) HM
In 1916, the Dixie Paper Company opened a paper mill in the building of the closed Brown’s Island electric plant. By 1919, the mill was taken over by Albemarle Paper Company, which had been operating a paper mill just upriver at Hollywood since . . . — — Map (db m24107) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Alexander
1920
— — Map (db m133712) HM
Alexander H. Stephens
Vice President of the
Confederate States of America
Lived in the house that stood here in 1861
This tablet is placed by the
Confederate Memorial Literary Society, A.D., 1912, — — Map (db m271424) HM
Born into slavery in Hanover County in 1860, Alfred D. “A.D.” Price moved to Richmond in the late 1870s. Soon after coming to Richmond, he set up a blacksmith shop, which expanded into a livery stable and the funeral home that stands here, now known . . . — — Map (db m5601) HM
Alfred D. "A.D." Price, entrepreneur, spent his youth in Hanover County. After settling in Richmond in the 1870s, he opened a blacksmith shop ca. 1881 that expanded into a livery stable and undertaking business. He moved the enterprise to this site . . . — — Map (db m180209) HM
Design and Innovation: The Aluminaut represents a significant achievement in nautical history as the world's first aluminum deep research submersible. Built with a 6.5 inch forged aluminum inner hull, Aluminaut was designed to dive . . . — — Map (db m220459) HM
A short distance south is Ampthill House, built by Henry Cary about 1730 on the south side of James River. It was the home of Colonel Archibald Cary, Revolutionary leader, and was removed to its present site by a member of the Cary family. — — Map (db m20529) HM
Half a mile south is Ampthill, built by the 1730s for Henry Cary Jr., a prominent building contractor. Cary's son, Archibald Cary, acquired the house in 1750. He was a member of all five of Virginia's Revolutionary Conventions, chaired the . . . — — Map (db m314303) HM
Built before 1732 by Henry Cary, this was the home of Colonel Archibald Cary, a Revolutionary leader of Virginia. The house was moved, 1929-30, to its present location off Cary Street Road in Richmond's West End. — — Map (db m24997) HM
Newton Hopper Ancarrow (1920-1991):
Mr. Ancarrow was born in Richmond and earned a chemistry and physics degree from the University of Richmond. After serving in World War II, he worked for American Tobacco as a chemist, and then Experiment, . . . — — Map (db m133682) 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
Near the Bell Tower in Capitol Square stood the barracks of the Public Guard. There, from 1801 to 1807, lived John Lane and his wife, Anna Maria Lane, the only documented woman veteran of the Revolutionary War to reside in Virginia. She disguised . . . — — Map (db m4624) HM
Founded by the Presbyterian Church U.S. in 1914, the Assembly’s Training School was the church’s first coeducational "lay workers" school. Through the school, women barred from seminary received a theological education. Among the earliest faculty . . . — — Map (db m78771) HM
After the battle of Swift Creek, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler abandoned plans to threaten Petersburg and chose to make a demonstration toward Richmond. He withdrew his army from Swift Creek and returned to his lines in Bermuda Hundred.
On the . . . — — Map (db m270802) HM
(south face)
Arnold’s
Picket driven in
Jany 4th 1781
By
Col. J. Nicholas
(brass tablet on base below south face)
This pylon, re-created in granite and containing a replica of the original 1834 . . . — — Map (db m16099) HM
[Inscription on east face of monument:]Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. 1943 - 1993
World Champion, Author, Humanitarian,
Founder of Virginia Heroes, Incorporated,
Native of Richmond, Virginia.
This Monument was placed at Monument Avenue and . . . — — Map (db m22823) HM
The railroad bridge in the distance carries the freight and passenger trains of the CSX Railroad that travel the east coast corridor. The original need for a bridge was to circumvent the slow train traffic that once had to go through downtown . . . — — Map (db m133709) HM
Regarded as a "living fossil," the Atlantic Sturgeon's appearance has changed little since the age of the dinosaurs. Capable of growing up to 14 feet in length, weighing 800 pounds, and living up to 60 years, they spend their adult years in the . . . — — Map (db m133770) HM
Regarded as a "living fossil," the Atlantic Sturgeon's appearance has changed little since the age of the dinosaurs. Capable of growing up to 14 feet in length, weighing 800 pounds, and living up to 60 years, they spend their adult years in the . . . — — Map (db m216618) HM
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