Architect/builder unknown Post-1765 2408 Bainbridge Street This one and a half story frame house set upon an English basement in the Swansboro neighborhood, a suburb of what was the City of Manchester from 1769-1910, is the essence of simplicity. Well, almost. The original three-bay front facade that contained a central front door flanked by …
1812 East Grace St. c. 1784 Architect unknown For a hint of what 18th century Richmond might have looked like there are few better places to examine than the Adam Craig House, an evocative dwelling that sits kitty-corner at the southeast corner of the intersection of East Grace and North 19th streets in Shockoe Bottom. …
Architect unknown c. 1770. 1870s, alternations 1015 Bainbridge Street The imposing two-story red brick mansion crowning a knoll near the intersection of Bainbridge and Eleventh streets is the oldest and largest house in Manchester. It was built in the mid-18th century by John Murchie, an early trustee of the town of Manchester (the jurisdiction later …
Jacob Ege ca. 1750 1914 East Main Street Near the corner of 20th and Main streets in Shockoe Bottom sits the oldest building in Richmond. Known to many as the Old Stone House, it was built by German immigrant Jacob Ege around 1750 for himself and his wife. Their descendants retained ownership of the house …
Date: 1753 Address: 215 S. Wilton Rd. Constructed in 1753, the Wilton House Museum is among the oldest buildings in Richmond. Originally, it served as the rural plantation home of the influential Randolph clan, one of the First Families of Virginia. It was moved to its current location in Richmond’s affluent West End …
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 …