Gabriella Harvie Randolph Brockenbrough: Virginia’s Lost Architecture Patron
Tuckahoe Women's Club 4215 Dover Rd, Richmond, VA, United StatesGabriella Harvie Randolph Brockenbrough:Virginia’s Lost Architecture PatronThursday, January 12, 6 p.m. | Tuckahoe Women’s ClubPresenter, Edwin Slipek Who was Gabriella Harvie Randolph Brockenbrough? A RichmondBelle, known for her tremendous smarts, talent and wealth, yet herextensive knowledge of architecture and influence over America’stop architects is often overlooked. In her sphere of influence, sheencountered, befriended, and learned…
Expanding the Narrative
Virginia Museum of History and Culture 428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United StatesExpanding the Narrative Thursday, February 23rd, 6 p.m. | Panel Discussion | VMHC | $25 ticket/$10 students 21+ The contributions of women, LBGTQ, and people of color are noted in less than 10% of National Register of Historic Places submissions. Learn how you can be a part of the movement to expand and diversify the field…
Affordability and Preservation
Virginia Museum of History and Culture 428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United StatesAffordability and PreservationThursday, March 9th, 6 p.m. | Panel Discussion | VMHC The affordable housing crisis has swept the nation, including here inRichmond. What role can preservation play in solving this problem?Join our panel to discuss the pitfalls and successes of currentgovernment and non-profit initiatives. Panelists: Mitch Danese | Director of Construction, Maggie Walker Community…
Quoit Club: Kids First RVA Collaborative
RVA Kids First Collaborative 100 Everett Street, Richmond, VirginiaThis adaptive reuse project converted a former 14,750 SF Manchester warehouse into a warm, inviting office space housing four nonprofit organizations centered on children’s education and growth - Communities in Schools of Richmond, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond, First Tee - Greater Richmond, and Higher Achievement. Each organization has its own ‘neighborhood’ while…
The House Is on Fire Book Launch
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad St“Beanland’s research is meticulous, her characters are well drawn, and her writing is gorgeous. The House Is On Fire is a stunning achievement.”—Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle You’re invited to celebrate the launch of THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE A novel by Rachel Beanland April 4, 20235:30-7:30 p.m. Monumental Church1224 E.…
Quoit Club: Oakwood Arts
Oakwood Arts 3511 P Street, Richmond, VirginiaOakwood Arts, a 2022 Golden Hammer Award winner, is a nonprofit with a mission to make art and careers in creative industries accessible to all through community engagement, inspiring programming, and experiential education. The nonprofit renovated a historic church, an adjacent daycare building, and a small cottage/rectory in the Oakwood-Chimborazo historic district. The first phase…
Quoit Club: Church Hill Historic + Modern Residence
This frame double house is a rare surviving example of a 19th-century tenement in Church Hill, just up the street from Richmond’s historically industrial riverfront. The circa-1846 gabled front of the house is comprised of mirror halves around a chimney; one room up and one down, every room with a fireplace and stair. A later…
Quoit Club: Low Line Green
The Low Line Green, a 2021 Golden Hammer Award Winner in Placemaking, is the culmination of a multi-phase project to restore neglected green space along the James River and Kanawha Canal. The completed green revitalized 2.5 acres in Richmond’s urban core including active and passive storm water management, an outdoor classroom, irrigation for new plantings,…
Quoit Club: 3D House Talk at project:HOMES
project:HOMES 88 Carnation St, Richmond, VirginiaCome hear about Richmond's first 3-D Printed House at the headquarters of project:Homes! This home, on the same street as project:Homes, is a partnership between project:HOMES, Better Housing Coalition, Virginia Housing, and Virginia Tech’s Center for Housing Research, and forwarded housing innovation in Richmond by spearheading 3-D printing efforts for single-family construction. Built from the…
Quoit Club: Monumental Church
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad StCompleted in 1814, Monumental Church, a National Historic Landmark, was designed by the first native-born architect Robert Mills. It is a civic space built by a community devastated by the tragedy of the Richmond Theatre Fire (1811) to honor their fellow citizens lost in one of the worst urban tragedies of American history of the time.…
Quoit Club: John Marshall House
John Marshall House 402 North Ninth Street, Richmond, VirginiaJohn Marshall is best known as the “Great Chief Justice” for his role in creating the modern Supreme Court. He served from 1801 until 1835 and his influential decisions, such as Marbury v. Madison, helped shape the principle of judicial review. With the largest collection of original Marshall family pieces, guided tours of his home offer an…
Building Trades & Workforce Development: Nonprofits, Schools, and Program Partners
Historic Richmond 4 E Main St, Richmond, VirginiaWe see one of the most significant threats to our historic neighborhoods also as one of our community’s biggest opportunities. Every day, we hear from owners of historic properties seeking experienced trades people to help them with repairs, maintenance and restoration work. Similarly, we hear from tradespeople about their workforce challenges. It all comes down…
Building Trades & Workforce Development: Homeowners
Patrick Henry's Pub 2300 E Broad St, Richmond, vaWe see one of the most significant threats to our historic neighborhoods also as one of our community’s biggest opportunities. Every day, we hear from owners of historic properties seeking experienced trades people to help them with repairs, maintenance and restoration work. Similarly, we hear from tradespeople about their workforce challenges. It all comes down…
Building Trades & Workforce Development: Tradespeople & Construction Professionals
Patrick Henry's Pub 2300 E Broad St, Richmond, vaWe see one of the most significant threats to our historic neighborhoods also as one of our community’s biggest opportunities. Every day, we hear from owners of historic properties seeking experienced trades people to help them with repairs, maintenance and restoration work. Similarly, we hear from tradespeople about their workforce challenges. It all comes down…
Quoit Club: Ginter Park Restoration
October 19 – Ginter Park RestorationMembers-Only Tour Located in the Ginter Park Historic District, this Tudor Revival home in Northside has just been restored with the help of tradesmen at Linkous Painting and Virginia Masonry Restoration. Restoration work included repairing and replicating damaged timber beams, detailed plaster work, window and door restoration, and brick work.…
Golden Hammer Awards
Hardywood RVA 2410 Ownby Lane, Richmond, VirginiaThe Golden Hammer Awards were started in 2000 with a goal of honoring excellence in neighborhood revitalization projects throughout Greater Richmond. Historic Richmond and Storefront for Community Design will partner for a seventh year to host the awards program to recognize professionals and community members improving our neighborhoods through restoration, adaptive reuse, new construction, placemaking,…
Winter Wander
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad StJoin the Valentine, Historic Richmond, and all Winter Wander's partners for some holiday cheer! The Richmond Night Market at the Valentine will feature a diverse array of vendors and local artisans, plus enjoy entertainment, refreshments, family crafts and games. Tour the historic Court End neighborhood and hop on a free shuttle to visit nearby cultural…
“Delirious Richmond”
Garden Club of Virginia 12 E Franklin Street, Richmond, VAWho | Edwin Slipek and Historic RichmondWhere | Garden Club of Virginia When | Mondays beginning January 22.Jan. 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 6-8 p.m. This new five-week illustrated course on Richmond’s delirious and quirky architectural history, taught by architectural historian and columnist Edwin Slipek, focuses on Richmond’s Gothic Revival, Arts & Crafts, Mediterranean…
Saving Richmond’s Civic Buildings
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad StPanel Discussion | Monumental Church | $25 ACTIVIST PASS: This event is now FREE!While this event is now free, registration is required. Sign up here! Built by and for the community, Old City Hall, Monumental Church, the Moore Street School, Richmond Community Hospital and the Byrd Park Pump House are some of Richmond’s most notable…
Fact vs. Fiction
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad StFact vs. Fiction: Two Writers Tell the Story of the Richmond Theater Fire From Different Perspectives | Panel Discussion | Monumental Church | $25 Calling all book clubs and bookworms! First there was Meredith Henne Baker’s nonfiction account of the Richmond Theater fire, aptly titled “The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America’s First Great Disaster.” Then…
Quoit Club: 3North’s Richmond Design Office
3North Richmond Design Office 4015 Fitzhugh Ave, Richmond, Virginia3North’s Richmond Design Office | Thursday, April 18, 6-8 p.m. | 4015 Fitzhugh Ave | Single Ticket $25A 2023 Golden Hammer Award winner in Best Rehabilitation, the Richmond Design Office project renovated the interior of the building that once housed the Boy Scouts of America headquarters for a design firm’s office. The project envisioned community-oriented…
Historic Garden Week | River Hill
Date | Wednesday April 24, 2024Morning tour: 10-1 p.m.Afternoon tour: 1-4 p.m.Hosts | The Council of Historic Richmond and the four GCV Clubs in Richmond The River Hill subdivision of Westover Hills neighborhood is an oft-overlooked gem. Forty homes are nestled among mature trees on a bluff overlooking the James River, Buttermilk Trail and Maymont…
Gabriella Harvie Randolph Brockenbrough: Virginia’s Lost Architecture Patron
Tuckahoe Women's Club 4215 Dover Rd, Richmond, VA, United StatesGabriella Harvie Randolph Brockenbrough:Virginia’s Lost Architecture PatronThursday, January 12, 6 p.m. | Tuckahoe Women’s ClubPresenter, Edwin Slipek Who was Gabriella Harvie Randolph Brockenbrough? A RichmondBelle, known for her tremendous smarts, talent and wealth, yet herextensive knowledge of architecture and influence over America’stop architects is often overlooked. In her sphere of influence, sheencountered, befriended, and learned…
Expanding the Narrative
Virginia Museum of History and Culture 428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United StatesExpanding the Narrative Thursday, February 23rd, 6 p.m. | Panel Discussion | VMHC | $25 ticket/$10 students 21+ The contributions of women, LBGTQ, and people of color are noted in less than 10% of National Register of Historic Places submissions. Learn how you can be a part of the movement to expand and diversify the field…
Affordability and Preservation
Virginia Museum of History and Culture 428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United StatesAffordability and PreservationThursday, March 9th, 6 p.m. | Panel Discussion | VMHC The affordable housing crisis has swept the nation, including here inRichmond. What role can preservation play in solving this problem?Join our panel to discuss the pitfalls and successes of currentgovernment and non-profit initiatives. Panelists: Mitch Danese | Director of Construction, Maggie Walker Community…
Quoit Club: Kids First RVA Collaborative
RVA Kids First Collaborative 100 Everett Street, Richmond, VirginiaThis adaptive reuse project converted a former 14,750 SF Manchester warehouse into a warm, inviting office space housing four nonprofit organizations centered on children’s education and growth - Communities in Schools of Richmond, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond, First Tee - Greater Richmond, and Higher Achievement. Each organization has its own ‘neighborhood’ while…
The House Is on Fire Book Launch
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad St“Beanland’s research is meticulous, her characters are well drawn, and her writing is gorgeous. The House Is On Fire is a stunning achievement.”—Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle You’re invited to celebrate the launch of THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE A novel by Rachel Beanland April 4, 20235:30-7:30 p.m. Monumental Church1224 E.…
Quoit Club: Oakwood Arts
Oakwood Arts 3511 P Street, Richmond, VirginiaOakwood Arts, a 2022 Golden Hammer Award winner, is a nonprofit with a mission to make art and careers in creative industries accessible to all through community engagement, inspiring programming, and experiential education. The nonprofit renovated a historic church, an adjacent daycare building, and a small cottage/rectory in the Oakwood-Chimborazo historic district. The first phase…
Quoit Club: Church Hill Historic + Modern Residence
This frame double house is a rare surviving example of a 19th-century tenement in Church Hill, just up the street from Richmond’s historically industrial riverfront. The circa-1846 gabled front of the house is comprised of mirror halves around a chimney; one room up and one down, every room with a fireplace and stair. A later…
Quoit Club: Low Line Green
The Low Line Green, a 2021 Golden Hammer Award Winner in Placemaking, is the culmination of a multi-phase project to restore neglected green space along the James River and Kanawha Canal. The completed green revitalized 2.5 acres in Richmond’s urban core including active and passive storm water management, an outdoor classroom, irrigation for new plantings,…
Quoit Club: 3D House Talk at project:HOMES
project:HOMES 88 Carnation St, Richmond, VirginiaCome hear about Richmond's first 3-D Printed House at the headquarters of project:Homes! This home, on the same street as project:Homes, is a partnership between project:HOMES, Better Housing Coalition, Virginia Housing, and Virginia Tech’s Center for Housing Research, and forwarded housing innovation in Richmond by spearheading 3-D printing efforts for single-family construction. Built from the…
Quoit Club: Monumental Church
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad StCompleted in 1814, Monumental Church, a National Historic Landmark, was designed by the first native-born architect Robert Mills. It is a civic space built by a community devastated by the tragedy of the Richmond Theatre Fire (1811) to honor their fellow citizens lost in one of the worst urban tragedies of American history of the time.…
Quoit Club: John Marshall House
John Marshall House 402 North Ninth Street, Richmond, VirginiaJohn Marshall is best known as the “Great Chief Justice” for his role in creating the modern Supreme Court. He served from 1801 until 1835 and his influential decisions, such as Marbury v. Madison, helped shape the principle of judicial review. With the largest collection of original Marshall family pieces, guided tours of his home offer an…
Building Trades & Workforce Development: Nonprofits, Schools, and Program Partners
Historic Richmond 4 E Main St, Richmond, VirginiaWe see one of the most significant threats to our historic neighborhoods also as one of our community’s biggest opportunities. Every day, we hear from owners of historic properties seeking experienced trades people to help them with repairs, maintenance and restoration work. Similarly, we hear from tradespeople about their workforce challenges. It all comes down…
Building Trades & Workforce Development: Homeowners
Patrick Henry's Pub 2300 E Broad St, Richmond, vaWe see one of the most significant threats to our historic neighborhoods also as one of our community’s biggest opportunities. Every day, we hear from owners of historic properties seeking experienced trades people to help them with repairs, maintenance and restoration work. Similarly, we hear from tradespeople about their workforce challenges. It all comes down…
Building Trades & Workforce Development: Tradespeople & Construction Professionals
Patrick Henry's Pub 2300 E Broad St, Richmond, vaWe see one of the most significant threats to our historic neighborhoods also as one of our community’s biggest opportunities. Every day, we hear from owners of historic properties seeking experienced trades people to help them with repairs, maintenance and restoration work. Similarly, we hear from tradespeople about their workforce challenges. It all comes down…
Quoit Club: Ginter Park Restoration
October 19 – Ginter Park RestorationMembers-Only Tour Located in the Ginter Park Historic District, this Tudor Revival home in Northside has just been restored with the help of tradesmen at Linkous Painting and Virginia Masonry Restoration. Restoration work included repairing and replicating damaged timber beams, detailed plaster work, window and door restoration, and brick work.…
Golden Hammer Awards
Hardywood RVA 2410 Ownby Lane, Richmond, VirginiaThe Golden Hammer Awards were started in 2000 with a goal of honoring excellence in neighborhood revitalization projects throughout Greater Richmond. Historic Richmond and Storefront for Community Design will partner for a seventh year to host the awards program to recognize professionals and community members improving our neighborhoods through restoration, adaptive reuse, new construction, placemaking,…
Winter Wander
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad StJoin the Valentine, Historic Richmond, and all Winter Wander's partners for some holiday cheer! The Richmond Night Market at the Valentine will feature a diverse array of vendors and local artisans, plus enjoy entertainment, refreshments, family crafts and games. Tour the historic Court End neighborhood and hop on a free shuttle to visit nearby cultural…
“Delirious Richmond”
Garden Club of Virginia 12 E Franklin Street, Richmond, VAWho | Edwin Slipek and Historic RichmondWhere | Garden Club of Virginia When | Mondays beginning January 22.Jan. 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 6-8 p.m. This new five-week illustrated course on Richmond’s delirious and quirky architectural history, taught by architectural historian and columnist Edwin Slipek, focuses on Richmond’s Gothic Revival, Arts & Crafts, Mediterranean…
Saving Richmond’s Civic Buildings
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad StPanel Discussion | Monumental Church | $25 ACTIVIST PASS: This event is now FREE!While this event is now free, registration is required. Sign up here! Built by and for the community, Old City Hall, Monumental Church, the Moore Street School, Richmond Community Hospital and the Byrd Park Pump House are some of Richmond’s most notable…
Fact vs. Fiction
Monumental Church 1224 E Broad StFact vs. Fiction: Two Writers Tell the Story of the Richmond Theater Fire From Different Perspectives | Panel Discussion | Monumental Church | $25 Calling all book clubs and bookworms! First there was Meredith Henne Baker’s nonfiction account of the Richmond Theater fire, aptly titled “The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America’s First Great Disaster.” Then…
Quoit Club: 3North’s Richmond Design Office
3North Richmond Design Office 4015 Fitzhugh Ave, Richmond, Virginia3North’s Richmond Design Office | Thursday, April 18, 6-8 p.m. | 4015 Fitzhugh Ave | Single Ticket $25A 2023 Golden Hammer Award winner in Best Rehabilitation, the Richmond Design Office project renovated the interior of the building that once housed the Boy Scouts of America headquarters for a design firm’s office. The project envisioned community-oriented…
Historic Garden Week | River Hill
Date | Wednesday April 24, 2024Morning tour: 10-1 p.m.Afternoon tour: 1-4 p.m.Hosts | The Council of Historic Richmond and the four GCV Clubs in Richmond The River Hill subdivision of Westover Hills neighborhood is an oft-overlooked gem. Forty homes are nestled among mature trees on a bluff overlooking the James River, Buttermilk Trail and Maymont…