3401 Brook Road
Union Theological Seminary was the first major development in Ginter Park. The Seminary, founded in 1812, was originally part of Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, Virginia. It was decided to move the school to Richmond to take advantage of a larger population base and greater patronage. Major Ginter gifted the land and Watts Hall was the first building constructed. This structure is an example of High Victorian Gothic. Its twelve acre academic campus also contains fine examples of Queen Anne and Late Gothic Revival architecture. Recently, Union Theological Seminary merged with the Presbyterian School of Christian Education located across Brook Road to become Union-PSCE.
{Photo Credits: Post Card, HRF archives; Exterior shots, Richard Cheek for Historic Richmond Foundation}
