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English Village

Architects: Bascom Rowlett, Davis Brothers Date: 1926 Address: 3418 – 3450 Grove Avenue On an unassuming block of Grove Avenue stands English Village, a development almost 90 years old and deeply embedded in Richmond’s architectural heritage. Yet at its conception in the early 20th century it was a break from the typical financial and spatial …

St. John’s Episcopal Church and churchyard

Builder: Richard Randolph Dates: 1741 (1772, northern nave addition; 1829 nave extension; 1833, tower; 1877, apse) Address: 2401 East Broad Street. Although Richmond embraces its English roots, there are few places that evoke the flavor and memory of our city’s colonial heritage more than the tree-shaded and walled grounds of St. John’s Episcopal Church atop …