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Main Street Banking Historic District
Main Street Banking Historic District is the historic hear...
Maggie L. Walker House
The Maggie L. Walker House, a two-story home with architec...
Kent-Valentine House
Richmond merchant Horace L. Kent commissioned Boston archi...
John Marshall House
The John Marshall House, home of the distinguished Chief J...
James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District
The James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District illust...
Jackson Ward Historic District
Jackson Ward Historic District is a fine 19th-century resi...
Henry Coalter Cabell House
The Henry Coalter Cabell House, like many of Richmond’s di...
Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House
One of Richmond’s best-preserved early 19th-century mansio...
Grace Street Commercial Historic District
Grace Street Commercial Historic District is significant f...
First National Bank Building
The First National Bank Building dating from 1913 is the f...
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Main Street Banking Historic District
Main Street Banking Historic District is the historic heart of Richmond’s financial district. Laid out in 1780, the district was part of an expansion of Richmond in conjunction with its designation as Virginia’s capital. Originally known as “E” Street, Main ...
Maggie L. Walker House
The Maggie L. Walker House, a two-story home with architectural elements in both the Italianate and the Gothic styles, was home to one of the country's most celebrated African American women. Constructed in 1883 by George Boyd, a black builder, ...
Kent-Valentine House
Richmond merchant Horace L. Kent commissioned Boston architect Isaiah Rogers to design this Franklin Street mansion in 1844. Most of Rogers’ works, including several important hotels, have been destroyed. The Kent-Valentine House is one of his few surviving residential designs. ...
John Marshall House
The John Marshall House, home of the distinguished Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court for 45 years, is a surviving early residential building in a section of Richmond that now has office and hospital buildings. Like many Richmonders ...
James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District
The James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District illustrates the relationship between Richmond’s early inhabitants and the James River. Following settlement by English colonists, the construction of millraces parallel to the banks of the river provided water to power mills ...
Jackson Ward Historic District
Jackson Ward Historic District is a fine 19th-century residential district. The entire Jackson Ward Historic District is only one of two districts that are National Historic Landmarks in the City of Richmond. This formal recognition of its national significance stems ...
Henry Coalter Cabell House
The Henry Coalter Cabell House, like many of Richmond’s distinguished historic residences, takes the name of its most famous resident rather than the original builder or owner. Colonel Henry Cabell (1820-1889) leased the house, which William O. George built in ...
Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House
One of Richmond’s best-preserved early 19th-century mansions, the Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House, with its unusual architectural plan, has seen a diverse succession of owners, including an attorney general and two mayors. Michael Hancock, about whom history books mention only his penchant for ...
Grace Street Commercial Historic District
Grace Street Commercial Historic District is significant for both its architecture and commerce. From 1820 to 1920, Grace and Franklin Streets were the heart of one of Richmond’s most fashionable neighborhoods and home to some of its wealthiest and most ...
First National Bank Building
The First National Bank Building dating from 1913 is the first skyscraper in Richmond, and a wonderful example of turn-of-the-century Neoclassical Revival architecture. Nineteen stories tall, the building crowned the city’s skyline until its height was surpassed in 1930. Constructed ...
