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Christian House
Year Built: 1886 Architecture Style: Italianate District: Commonwealth Club in the Monroe Ward area Edward Christian was a New Market Cadet and graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1867. He came back to Richmond to run Richmond Paper Manufacturing. This house has lost its original cornice and the entrance has…
Allen Double House
Headquarters of Historic Richmond Year Built: 1836 Architectural Style: Greek Revival District: Zero Blocks East & West Franklin District in the Monroe Ward area Built by William Allen, it is one of the earliest buildings in Monroe Ward and was renovated in 2000 as part of Historic Richmond’s mission to…
Linden Row
Year Built: 1847 and 1853 Architectural Style: Greek Revival District: Linden Row in the Monroe Ward area Linden Row is an extraordinary example of row houses. Originally it contained ten houses, but two houses at the east end were torn down to make room for an office building. Those remaining…
National Theater
Year Built: 1922 Architectural Style: Italian Renaissance Revival District: Broad Street This theater is located outside of the Broad Street Historic District. It features an Italianate exterior with Adamesque interior. C.K. Howell was the architect. The interior plaster work was done by Ferruccio Legnaioli. Historic Richmond and Preservation Virginia purchased…
617 St. Peter Street
Year Built: c. 1880 Architectural Style: Victorian District: Jackson Ward 617 St. Peter Street is a contributing structure in the Jackson Ward Historic District listed on the Virginia Register and the National Register of Historic Places. Part of a streetscape of Victorian dwellings, it’s design dates it to the…
Goddin-Taylor House
Year Built: c. 1820 Architectural Style: Federal District: Jackson Ward The Goddin-Taylor House is one of the oldest houses in Jackson Ward and illustrates beautifully the typical development of a Richmond townhouse starting from a 2-room Federal style dwelling, with subsequent Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne additions. In 1978,…
Tucker Cottage
Year Built: 1798 Architectural Style: Colonial District: Jackson Ward Originally located at 612 North 3rd Street, this is one of few gambrel-roofed cottages left in the city. It was moved in 2004 to 701 Chamberlayne Parkway in order to save it from demolition. Once in extreme disrepair, this cottage is…
Monumental Church
Year Built: 1812-1814 Architectural Style: Neo-Classical On December 26, 1811, a fire at the Richmond Theatre claimed the lives of over seventy-two people, including the governor. Robert Mills, America’s first native-born, professional architect and a student of Thomas Jefferson, designed Monumental Church to be built on the theater site. The…
Stewart-Lee House
Year Built: 1844 Architectural Style: Greek Revival District: Capitol Square Built by wealthy merchant Norman Stewart, this house was occupied by Robert E. Lee’s family during a portion of the Civil War. Once part of a row of town houses in a residential neighborhood, this is the lone survivor, standing…
Morson’s Row
Year Built: 1853 Architectural Style: Italianate District: Capitol Square Built as rental property by James Morson, this row of bowfront town houses is the only remaining evidence of the residential neighborhood that once surrounded Capitol Square. The buildings now contain state offices.