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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Richmond
Richmond and Vicinity
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| Near South 12th Street at East Byrd Street. |
| | In 1888, Richmond built the first commercially successful electric trolley system in the world.
The tops of the new cars were connected to an electrical line called a "troller" and thus became known as "trolleys."
Richmond's horse-drawn . . . — — Map (db m23929) HM |
| Near South 7th Street at Tredegar Street. |
| | Power from Brown’s Island began to run streetcars in 1894, when Richmond Railway & Electric built a coal-fired generating plant.
In 1888, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway became the first streetcar line in the world to be successfully . . . — — Map (db m24106) HM |
| Near North Lombardy Street west of Brook Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Originally named the Porter Hall Science Building, John Malcus Ellison Hall was dedicated in 1968 in honor of Virginia Union's fourth president. Dr. John Ellison was the first African American and Virginia Union alumnus to serve as president of the . . . — — Map (db m133699) HM |
| On North 5th Street 0.1 miles north of East Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On 1 July 1950, the first professional Afro-American firefighters in Virginia were hired and in September were stationed on the northeast corner of this intersection. These courageous pioneers created a loyalty and dedication to each other and their . . . — — Map (db m22323) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | By 1844, Tredegar Iron Works managers used this building for an office and as a residence. After the Civil War, it became the principal iron works office. It was rebuilt after being damaged by fire in 1903. During most of the history of Tredegar, . . . — — Map (db m24128) HM |
| Near East Cary Street at South 8th Street. |
| | 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 |
| Near East Cary Street at South 8th Street. |
| | 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 |
| On East Richmond Road 0.2 miles west of Jennie Scher Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In 1891, Evergreen Cemetery was established as a preeminent resting place for many of Virginia's most influential African-American residents. These include Maggie L. Walker, president and founder of the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, and John . . . — — Map (db m53937) HM |
| On Broad Street (U.S. 250) 0 miles east of Interstate 95, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Near here is the early site of the Richmond gallows and “Burial Ground for Negroes.” On 10 Oct. 1800, Gabriel, an enslaved blacksmith from Brookfield plantation in Henrico County, was executed there for attempting to lead a mass uprising . . . — — Map (db m15116) HM |
| On Tredegar Street at South 7th Street, on the right when traveling east on Tredegar Street. |
| | The Falls of the James River are the central physical fact of Richmond, having directly influenced its history through their effect upon Trade, Energy, Community and Nourishment.
Trade
As the Falls of the James are a natural barrier . . . — — Map (db m23814) HM |
| On East Broad Street (U.S. 250) at College Street, on the right when traveling west on East Broad Street. |
| | “As for the singing, when the vast congregation poured out its full soul in the old-fashioned songs, the long and loud bursts of praise reminded one parishioner of the ‘sound of many waters.”
Slave Missions & the Black Church in . . . — — Map (db m41846) HM |
| On East Broad Street (U.S. 250) at College Street, on the right when traveling west on East Broad Street. |
| | Tracing its roots to 1780 as the First Baptist Church, the First African Baptist Church was bought and organized by freedmen and slaves in 1841. The present building was erected on the same site in 1876. The establishment of First African Baptist . . . — — Map (db m79124) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.3 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | In 1969 Hurricane Camille punched a hole in this dam that once funneled water to power plants on Belle Isle and below Hollywood Cemetery. It's now a popular boating site. Notice how a small current on the far side goes back upstream offering an . . . — — Map (db m64050) HM |
| On Park Avenue at North Granby Street, on the right when traveling east on Park Avenue. |
| | Erected to the imperishable memory of the valiant fallen of the First Regiment of Virginia Infantry who through seven American wars endured hardships with patience, met defeat with constant courage, did not vaunt their victories and steadfastly . . . — — Map (db m115975) HM |
| On 5th Street 0.2 miles south of Leigh Street (Virginia Route 33), on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1888, the world’s first successful electric railway, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway, branched at this point to link downtown and Jackson Ward with the suburbs. This system, designed by Frank Julian Sprague (1857–1934), contained 12 . . . — — Map (db m1899) HM |
| On Forest Hill Avenue (Virginia Route 683) at West 41st Street on Forest Hill Avenue. |
| | This 105-acre site was part of William Byrd III's vast 1700s holdings along the James River. In 1836, Holden Rhodes (1799-1857), noted jurist and early president of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company, purchased the property, named it . . . — — Map (db m28854) HM |
| On West Franklin Street at Shafer Street, on the right when traveling east on West Franklin Street. |
| | Founders Hall was built 1883 to 1885 as a private residence. The mansion was purchased in 1925 and served as the first permanent home for the Richmond School of Social Work and Public Health, now VCU. During its history, Founders Hall functioned as . . . — — Map (db m132538) HM |
| On East Franklin Street at North 19th Street, on the left when traveling east on East Franklin Street. |
| | To the glory of God
and in grateful memory of
Francis Asbury
Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in America
An apostle whose only home was his saddle,
his parish the continent.
With fervent love for his Lord and a zeal that . . . — — Map (db m31163) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | This Francis Type Turbine was used on the Tredegar site in the early twentieth century and is very similar to one of the five turbines located near the building to your left. It was built by the S. Morgan Smith Company of York, Pennsylvania. By . . . — — Map (db m24426) HM |
| On East Franklin Street at North 21st Street, on the right when traveling east on East Franklin Street. |
| | Reconsecration
of the
Franklin Street
Burying Grounds
The first Jewish
Cemetery in Virginia
Founded 1791
Commemorating
the 300th anniversary
of the first permanent
Jewish settlement
in the United States
This . . . — — Map (db m37129) HM |
| On West 43rd Street at Boscobel Avenue, on the right when traveling south on West 43rd Street. |
| | Sievers, 1872-1966, one of the South’s most prolific sculptors, maintained his residence and studio at what is now 1206 W. 43rd Street for more than one half century. Although best known for his Virginia monument at Gettysburg and the memorials to . . . — — Map (db m31785) HM |
| On North 10th Street at Capitol Street, on the right when traveling south on North 10th Street. Reported missing. |
| | Slavery denied African Americans the education and skills required to exercise the freedoms won by the Civil War. To redress this, Congress created the Freedman Bureau and Freedman’s Bank in March 1865. In Richmond, the Bureau and its Bank first . . . — — Map (db m25307) HM |
| On Saint Paul Street at West Charity Street, on the right when traveling north on Saint Paul Street. |
| | Here stood the Friends Asylum for Colored
Orphans. Lucy Goode Brooks and the Ladies
Sewing Circle for Charitable Work, all formerly
enslaved, founded it in 1871. The orphanage,
supported by the Cedar Creek Meeting Society
of Friends, provided a . . . — — Map (db m107910) HM |
| Near South 12th Street at East Byrd Street. |
| | The Gallego Flour Mill was located in 1835 at the east end of the Great Basin, approximately where 12th and Canal Streets are today. The Mill, which when completed, stood nine stories high, contained 31 pairs of grinding stones, and was powered by . . . — — Map (db m23951) HM |
| On South 12th Street at East Canal Street, on the right when traveling north on South 12th Street. |
| | 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 |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | Welcome to our nation’s only multistate Civil War driving trail, which links hundreds of authentic sites in three states. Established in Virginia in 1995 as the Route of Lee’s Retreat trail, the program has grown to include more than 400 sites in . . . — — Map (db m23652) HM |
| Near East Broad Street at North 26th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On N. 9th Street near E. Grace Street. |
| | Washington
(Marker conveys the impact of Virginians on our Country's history through its prominent and allegorical figures. See the "More about this marker" section and the links for more information). — — Map (db m4715) HM |
| On South 14th Street (U.S. 360) at Dock Street, on the right when traveling south on South 14th Street. |
| | George Washington’s Vision
George Washington promoted the concept of a great central waterway long before he became this nation’s first President. A surveyor of western lands as a young man, and later a landowner of vast tracts beyond the . . . — — Map (db m23753) HM |
| On East Grace Street at North 5th Street, on the left when traveling west on East Grace Street. |
| | Site of the home of
George Wythe,
Signer of the
Declaration of Independence — — Map (db m47016) HM |
| Near East Broad Street at North 24th Street. |
| | 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 |
| On North 2nd Street at East Clay Street, on the right when traveling north on North 2nd Street. |
| | The first African American to practice law before the Supreme Court of Virginia, Jackson lived and worked in Jackson Ward. Although local tradition holds that Jackson Ward was named for him, in fact, the ward’s name first appeared during his . . . — — Map (db m64017) HM |
| On Capitol Street at North 10th Street, on the right when traveling west on Capitol Street. |
| | Site of the home of
Governor Edmund Randolph,
Patriot, Soldier, Statesman.
Placed by the Association
for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities
1907. — — Map (db m74180) HM |
| On Idlewood Avenue at South Cherry Street, on the right when traveling west on Idlewood Avenue. |
| | Grace Evelyn Arents worked tirelessly as an urban reformer and philanthropist to improve the daily life of individuals regardless of race, gender, or class. She developed a church complex that included St. Andrews Episcopal Church, St. Andrew’s . . . — — Map (db m24338) HM |
| On East Clay Street 0.1 miles west of North 11th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | William H. Grant, a prominent Richmond tobacconist, built this mansion by 1856 on property acquired from John Wickham's estate. The house, an early example in Richmond of the Italianate style, reflected the wealth and sophistication of late . . . — — Map (db m16170) HM |
| Near Dock Street at Pear Street. |
| | The Great Ship Lock connected the navigable part of the James River with the Richmond city dock, which extended for ten blocks to the west. Ocean-going vessels were raised up from sea level to the level of the city dock which accommodated ships as . . . — — Map (db m23672) HM |
| Near Dock Street at Pear Street. |
| | James River Park System
Despite the presence of a large Indian village just below the falls—or perhaps because of good relations with the local ruler Parahunt and his father Powhatan—Capt. Francis West built a fort near . . . — — Map (db m23706) HM |
| Near Dock Street at Pear Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The first Great Ship Lock was built in 1816. It connected the navigable part of the James River with the Richmond city dock, which extended for 10 blocks to the west. The lock raised sailing ships and steamboats approximately 13 feet above the . . . — — Map (db m47452) HM |
| Near South 10th Street at East Cary Street. |
| | 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 |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.3 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | To large pits on top of this hill were intended for cannons to guard this prison island from northern attack. Rapids actually protected the island, there was never an attack, and no guns were ever installed.
Sign funded by: Blue Ridge Mt. . . . — — Map (db m64049) HM |
| On North 5th Street at Main Street (Virginia Route 147), on the right when traveling south on North 5th Street. |
| | Built 1808
Once home of William Wirt 1816-1818
lawyer, author, politician
Attorney General of the United States
This Federal Period house
is a superior example of its type
Acquired in 1970 by
The William Byrd Branch of the . . . — — Map (db m47012) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street west of South 5th Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | You are walking across the top of the remains of an adjustable dam constructed by the Virginia Electric Power Company in 1901 to divert water into the Haxall Canal.
The canal powered large water-driven machines under the 12th Street Power . . . — — Map (db m128031) HM |
| | State Senator 1916-26
Governor of Virginia 1926-30
United States Senator 1933-65
The General Assembly of Virginia on March 9, 1974, authorized this memorial to Harry Flood Byrd, of Winchester, Virginia, declaring that "The sum total of . . . — — Map (db m4711) HM |
| On North Lombardy Street at West Leigh Street, on the left when traveling north on North Lombardy Street. |
| | This stone
marks the site of
eight surrounding acres of
Hartshorn Memorial College.
Founded in 1883
as a Christian College
for Negro women
by Joseph C. Hartshorn,
of Rhode Island,
in memory of his wife,
Rachel Thurber. . . . — — Map (db m29207) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street at South 5th Street. |
| | One of Richmond's early canals began as a millrace, built by David Ross in 1789.
When the Ross Mill was acquired by the Haxall family in 1809, the race became known as the Haxall Canal.
Before the American Revolution, Samuel Overton built . . . — — Map (db m23921) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street at South 7th Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Tredegar Street 0.3 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | The river brings logs and debris with every flood, but clear water is needed to push the turbine blades that turn electric generators. Logs were floated away through the gate in the dam straight ahead. (Look under the wheel.) Small debris was caught . . . — — Map (db m64047) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.3 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | Water leading to the power plant was kept clean by passing it through slats in the headgate called trash racks. Bits of wood can wear away the edges of turbine blades and make them unbalanced. Repair was complicated and expensive.
This . . . — — Map (db m64048) HM |
| On Hospital Street at North 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Hospital Street. |
| | Richmond’s Hebrew Cemetery was established in the early 19th century by Congregation Beth Shalome, which was formed by 1789 and merged with Congregation Beth Ahabah in 1898. The cemetery was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National . . . — — Map (db m22605) HM |
| Near Dock Street at Pear Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
The concrete walls in front of you are all that is left of the once-bustling Trigg Shipyard. The yard employed 2,000 men and was comprised of 16 large industrial buildings on a 25-acre site with 20 acres in water, dock, and boat basin. In . . . — — Map (db m92632) HM |
| Near East Byrd Street at Virginia Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the trees, on the island in front of you, are the nests of a colony of Great Blue Herons. They look like loose bundles of sticks a yard across and are often near the ends of tree branches.
Herons usually gather in isolated areas away from . . . — — Map (db m73911) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.3 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | Early History
Belle Isle, at 54 acres, is the largest island in the James River at Richmond, and also one of the most historic sites in the city. Virginia’s native tribes, including the Powhatans, fished in the river here for thousands of . . . — — Map (db m64038) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.3 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | In front of you is Belle Isle. At 54 acres, it is the largest island in the James River at Richmond, and one of the most historic sites in the city. Virginia Indians fished in the river here long before the English arrived, Captain John Smith was . . . — — Map (db m64056) HM |
| Near Hampton Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | (center panel)
The formal entrance drive intersects here with the original service road, which is lined with estate outbuildings. Among the first built by the Dooleys were the Estate Manager's Cottage, the Coop, and the three-story garage . . . — — Map (db m133670) HM |
| Near Hampton Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | (center panel)
You are walking along the original service road of the Dooley’s estate. It is lined with the principal outbuildings that served the practical needs of their estate and household. This area was the work zone that supported the . . . — — Map (db m133673) HM |
| On East Grace Street west of North 22nd Street when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On East Grace Street west of North 22nd Street when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
The Tredegar Iron Works was one of the nation’s largest and best-equipped ironworks in 1860.
At its height, this industrial powerhouse employed Richmond’s largest industrial working force, approximately 800 free and slave . . . — — Map (db m47018) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.3 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | The rapids to your left are named for the cemetery on the hill straight ahead. The granite rocks that cause them are part of a geological scar that stretches 1000 miles from New Jersey to Georgia. It resulted from the clash of the continents . . . — — Map (db m64053) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | In the late 1800s, horse-drawn carts, wagons, and carriages dominated city streets, and southern agriculture still largely depended on the power of horses and mules. To meet the demand for horse and mule shoes, Tredegar began selling machine-made . . . — — Map (db m24137) HM |
| |
(Front):
To
Hunter Holmes McGuire, M.D., LL.D.,
President of the American Medical
and of the
American Surgical Associations;
Founder of the University College of Medicine;
Medical Director, Jackson's Corps,
Army of Northern . . . — — Map (db m4735) HM |
| On Tredegar Street at Brown's Island Way, on the left when traveling west on Tredegar Street. |
| | The red line below 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. Al this spot, flood levels reached a . . . — — Map (db m124035) HM |
| Near N. 9th Street near E. Grace Street. |
| | On a platform erected on this spot Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the regularly elected President of the Confederate States of America, February 22, 1862. — — Map (db m4742) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | Iron companies in the late 1800s began melting down scrap metal from old machines and parts to make new products, just as we recycle materials like aluminum cans today. The “car wheel crusher” that stood here broke up old railroad car . . . — — Map (db m24405) HM |
| On Monument Avenue 0.1 miles west of Strawberry Street, in the median. Reported permanently removed. |
| | This cannon marks the spot where in 1861 a large earthwork of the Inner Line of Defence was constructed Placed in 1915 by the City of Richmond at the request of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society — — Map (db m15509) HM |
| On South 12th Street at East Canal Street, on the right when traveling north on South 12th Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Chamberlayne Avenue (U.S. 1) at West Laburnum Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Chamberlayne Avenue. Reported missing. |
| | Here ran, east and west, the intermediate line of Richmond defenses during the Civil War. Near this spot on 1 March 1864 Union Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick halted his raid that was intended to free Union prisoners and lower morale in the . . . — — Map (db m16010) HM |
| Near Clovelly Road at Canterbury Road. |
| | This cannon marks the intermediate line of
Confederate defenses of Richmond
1862 - 1865
Placed here in 1958 by the
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
in memory of
Alexander Wilbourne Weddell — — Map (db m38902) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.3 miles west of South 5th Street. |
| | This stone storage shed was built to hold flammable lubricants and dangerous acids. The hand-cut stone likely was quarried here on Belle Isle. The shed served the Old Dominion Iron and Nail Company, which expanded from this area eastward, behind . . . — — Map (db m64043) HM |
| On Carolina Avenue south of Milton Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Italian immigrants were a small but cohesive segment of Richmond’s population by the 1850s. Local artist Ferruccio Legnaioli, who employed many Italian immigrant artisans, influenced the cityscape with his ornamental designs for the facades of . . . — — Map (db m103294) HM |
| On Second Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Before the Civil War this neighborhood was home to free blacks and enslaved individuals, along with European immigrants and Jewish residents. The area served as a city electoral district (1871-1903) and is still called Jackson Ward. By the early . . . — — Map (db m24202) HM |
| On West Cary Street at South Pine Street, on the right when traveling east on West Cary Street. |
| | In 1817 George Winston built the Jacob House nearby, in the development known as Sydney. Winston (1759-1826), a Quaker who built the first Richmond Friends Meeting House at 19th and Cary Streets about 1798, employed a large number of free black . . . — — Map (db m25953) HM |
| On Hampton Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Hampton Street. |
| |
James H. Dooley
Business Leader of the New South
James Henry Dooley (1841-1922), the son of prosperous Irish immigrants, was born in Richmond. After graduating first in his class from Georgetown College, he enlisted in a Confederate . . . — — Map (db m133669) HM |
| Near S. Cherry Street at Albemarle Street. |
| | Born in Westmoreland County 28” April 1758.
Died in the City of New York 4“ July 1831.
By order of the General Assembly, his remains were removed to this cemetery 5” July 1858 as an evidence of the affection of Virginia for . . . — — Map (db m8017) HM |
| Near South Cherry Street at Albemarle Street. |
| | Fifth President James Monroe was born April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
While attending the College of William and Mary he joined in the struggle for independence from Great Britain. James Monroe served with distinction during . . . — — Map (db m95589) HM |
| Near Dock Street at South 14th. |
| | In its peak years the canal employed 75 deck boats, 66 open boats, 54 batteaux, 6 passenger or packet boats, 425 horses, and 900 men.
"The batteaux...charmed my young eyes more than all the gondolas of Venice." George William Bagby, c. . . . — — Map (db m23865) HM |
| Near South 12th Street at East Byrd Street. |
| | The James River and Kanawha Canal was completed as far as Buchanan in 1854. The canal provided a continuous navigable waterway from Tidewater to Buchanan, a distance of 197 miles. Consisting of ninety lift locks and a total lift of seven hundred and . . . — — Map (db m23870) HM |
| On Virginia Street 0.1 miles south of East Canal Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The James River bateau, first used in the 1770s, was the primary means of transporting goods up and down the river between Richmond and points west until 1840, when the James River and Kanawha Canal was completed to Lynchburg. Crews of three men, . . . — — Map (db m143046) HM |
| On Monument Avenue at Davis Avenue, in the median on Monument Avenue. Reported damaged. |
| | Jefferson Davis --------------- Exponent of Constitutional Principles Defender of the Rights of States --------------- Crescit occulto velut arbor aevo fama Right of Pedestal: With constancy and courage unsurpassed, he sustained the heavy . . . — — Map (db m19809) HM |
| Near South 7th Street at Tredegar Street. |
| | “The manner he preaches is only in keeping with the openness and candor of his heart.” Deacon and Officers of the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1884
“Jasper didn’t convert me to his religion, but he did convert me to . . . — — Map (db m24102) HM |
| On West Duval Street at Cameo Street, on the right when traveling west on West Duval Street. |
| | John Jasper was born in a slave cabin on Peachy Plantation in Fluvanna County on July 4, 1812, and lived until 1901. In 1839, while working in a Richmond tobacco factory, he was "annointed by the Holy Ghost" and went on to become a preacher.
On . . . — — Map (db m24180) HM |
| On East Marshall Street west of North 9th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Corps of Cadets established
at John Marshall High School
in 1915 was the first
military training program
in a public school in Virginia.
Dedicated to the thousands of
young men who wore the uniform
of the Corps of Cadets. This . . . — — Map (db m114378) HM |
| On East Marshall Street at North 9th Street on East Marshall Street. |
| | The third United States Supreme Court Justice lived here until his death in 1835. His family remained until 1909, and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) opened it to the public in 1913. — — Map (db m29353) HM |
| On North 3rd Street at East Marshall Street, on the right when traveling north on North 3rd Street. |
| | Born enslaved near Richmond in 1863, John Mitchell, Jr. came of age in the tumultuous post–Civil War era. In 1883, he launched a daring journalism career, becoming editor and publisher of the black-owned Richmond Planet once located . . . — — Map (db m57530) HM |
| | State Legislator, U.S. Congressman
Governor of Virginia,
U.S. Senator, Vice President of U.S.,
Peace Commissioner,
Confederate Congressman and
tenth President of the United States
This marker was placed in 1949 by
the Head . . . — — Map (db m4713) HM |
| Near Tredegar Street 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Born February 16, 1813 in Fincastle, Virginia
Died September 7, 1892 at Isle of Shoales, New Hampshire
Buried in Hollywood Cemetery
Cadet Captain, Class of 1836, West Point Military Academy
Purchased Tredegar Iron Works, April 4, 1848 . . . — — Map (db m75316) HM |
| On North 14th Street at East Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north on North 14th Street. |
| | Jews have participated in Virginia’s social and economic life from the colony’s beginnings. Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome (Holy Congregation House of Peace) was founded in Richmond in 1789, when the Jewish community grew large enough to establish the . . . — — Map (db m27135) HM |
| Near Dock Street east of South 15th Street. |
| | (left panel)
In Virginia and the rest of the United States, the waterways, both rivers and man-made canals served as the main avenues of commerce. Ships from across the Atlantic or from other American ports transported goods that were . . . — — Map (db m41895) HM |
| Near East Canal Street at South 8th Street. |
| | 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 |
| On West Leigh Street (Virginia Route 33) at St Peter Street, on the right when traveling west on West Leigh Street. |
| | In 1895, the city of Richmond constructed the Leigh Street or First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory, the nation’s only 19th-century armory built for an African American militia. Several decades of noteworthy performance by Virginia’s black . . . — — Map (db m94007) HM |
| On East Cary Street at South 20th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Cary Street. |
| | Near this site, from about 1845 until 1889, stood the building that housed Richmond’s famous Libby Prison. Originally built as a warehouse by wealthy Richmond businessman John Enders, Sr., a portion of the structure was leased prior to the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m35933) HM |
| On Dock Street west of South 21st Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Libby Prison, one of the most notorious prisons of the Civil War, housed mostly Union officers. It was located at the southeast corner of 20th and Cary streets (the doorway in the floodwall is at 20th, and the wall runs through the site of the . . . — — Map (db m47433) HM |
| On East Cary Street at South 20th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Cary Street. |
| | On this site stood
Libby Prison C.S.A.
1861-65
for Federal Prisoners of War
Placed by
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
A.D. 1911 — — Map (db m30295) HM |
| On North 10th Street at East Leigh Street (Virginia Route 33), on the right when traveling north on North 10th Street. |
| | (panel 1)
Low Rise Dorms
Medical College of Virginia (MCV) President Witham T. Sanger had grand dreams for the school he led from 1925 until 1956. One of his more interesting concepts was a plan for a miniature “Village” . . . — — Map (db m132142) HM |
| Near East Franklin Street near North 15th Street. |
| | The grass and wood chips to your right mark the area of an archeological examination of the remnants of one of our nations most notorious slave jails: the Devil’s Half Acre ---- the place where run-away slaves were punished and large numbers . . . — — Map (db m40679) HM |
| Near East Franklin Street east of North 15th Street. |
| | (left panel)
Lumpkin’s Jail was owned by Robert Lumpkin, who maximized profits in his compound by including lodging for s1ave traders, a slave holding facility, an auction house, and a residence for his family. A port city with water, . . . — — Map (db m41838) HM |
| On North Lombardy Street at West Leigh Street, on the left when traveling north on North Lombardy Street. |
| | Maggie Lena Walker was the first woman and the first African-American woman to found and be president of a chartered bank in the United States. She was born into poverty on July 15, 1864 in Richmond, Virginia to parents who worked in the mansion of . . . — — Map (db m119517) HM |
| On North 1st Street at East Marshall Street, on the right when traveling north on North 1st Street. |
| | Founder of the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in 1903, now Consolidated Bank & Trust Company, whose headquarters stood here 1910-1975.
"What do we need to still further develop and prosper us, numerically and financially? Let us put our moneys . . . — — Map (db m25957) HM |
| On Stuart Circle at Monument Avenue and N. Lombardy Street, in the median on Stuart Circle. Reported permanently removed. |
| | [Monument's east side]:
Commanding Cavalry Corps
Army Northern Virginia
Confederate States of America
***
This statue erected by his comrades
and the City of Richmond
A.D. 1906
[Monument's south side]:
“Tell . . . — — Map (db m9150) HM |
| On North 5th Street at Main Street (Virginia Route 147), on the left when traveling south on North 5th Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m47011) HM |
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