Founders: Powhatan Native Americans. Date: 1973, park created Location: James R. at US 1/301 (main entrance at Tredegar St) When one sees the location of Belle Isle, 54 acres rising above the choppy James, connected on shallow days to the shore simply by rock hopping, it is easy to understand Captain John Smith’s original …
In the northeastern corner of Richmond’s Fan District lies the incomparable West Avenue. At three blocks long, the street dead ends to the west on Lombardy near Stuart Circle, the grand terminus of Monument Avenue. To the east it meets Harrison Street, the vital corridor of the Lower Fan and of VCU. The high density …
Architect: Wilfred E. Cutshaw Date: 1891 Address: 101 S. Linden St. 2010 renovation and expansion by Moseley Architects (lead), Smith+McClane Architects (exterior) and Hastings+Chiverta Architects (consulting) There may be no more popular building on the Virginia Commonwealth University Monroe Park campus than the Cary Street Gym on the southern edge of the sprawling grounds. This …
Architect: 3North (renovation) Date: 2007 (renovation) Address: 1812 West Main Street Founded in 1963 as the Hand Workshop by Elisabeth Scott Bocock, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s first location was in Church Hill. The original mission promoted showcasing and instructing crafts of both established artists and the city’s youth. It moved into its …
Architect: Noland and Baskervill Date: 1911 Address: 909 West Franklin St The Scott House (formerly the Scott-Bocock House) is a truly Richmond structure, its decades of history almost as impressive as the grand neoclassical façade. Elizabeth and Frederic Scott bought the property from Lewis Ginter in 1903, and soon thereafter commissioned the popular firm …
Architect: Carneal, Johnston and Wright, Restoration by BCWH with Saddler and Whitehead Date: 1938, expansion in 1963, restoration in 2002 Address: 1000 N Lombardy St Maggie Walker High School’s creation is the result of several incidents occurring at the same time. In 1934, Richmond icon Maggie L. Walker passed, and the city wished to honor her name in …
Architect: John Notman Date: 1847 Location: 412 S. Cherry St. While named in 1849 for the holly trees scattered across its hilly 130 acres, the name Hollywood Cemetery could easily signify the historical celebrities interred there. This area formerly known as Harvie’s Woods was owned by William Byrd III before passing through the hands of …
Architect: Johannas Design Group Date: 2009 Address: 1708 West Cary St Johannas Design Group’s buildings have been known for blending a touch of modernism with influences from Richmond’s historic vernacular. The Mews at Cary Mill is definitely more of the former. The project takes an original approach to the porched town house typology of Richmond, …
Bissell and Sinkler, additions by Glave & Holmes 1913 428 North Boulevard The Virginia Museum of History and Culture (VMHC) was founded 1831 as a private intellectuals club and is now a museum dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of Virginia history to the general public. Originally known as the Virginia Historical Society, the …
Architects: Cram and Ferguson, with Carneal, Johnston and Wright, associate architect. Date: 1931 Address: Blanton Avenue in Byrd Park. During World War I, many European towns promised to silence the bells of their town halls and churches until victory over Germany. When peace finally did occur in November 1919, bells all over northern Europe …