Preservation Advocacy Archives

C. L. Denoon Double House

Year Built: 1889 Architectural Style: Vernacular Italianate District: Church Hill North This house is somewhat similar to other double houses in Richmond; however, its use of double windows on both floors…

2708-2710 E. Leigh Street

Year Built: 1888-1890 Architectural Style: Queen Anne District: Church Hill North Built by the Billups family as rental property. It has a floor plan that includes corner porches with details…

Frederick Elliott House

Year Built: 1847 Architectural Style: Italianate District: Church Hill North The house was built in 1847 with additional improvements in 1874 by Elliot. It is an elegant frame, Italianate townhouse with…

Andrew Gentry Double House

Year Built: 1847 Architectural Style: Greek Revival District: Church Hill North The double house at number 2605-2607, built by Andrew Gentry, is a rare example of all stretched-bond construction. A…

2703 E. Clay Street

Year Built: 1880 Architectural Style: Italianate District: Church Hill North The double house at 2703 has an original cornice with panels, ornamental brackets, and dentils. Both houses have transoms over…

Hiram Oliver House

Year Built: 1848 Architectural Style: Greek Revival District: Union Hill Built in 1848 by Hiram Oliver, a real estate investor and tobacco merchant, this house is a vernacular example of the…

Richard D. Mitchell House

Year Built: c. 1841 Architectural Style: Greek Revival District: Union Hill A farmhouse pre-dating not only the Civil War but the mid-19th century “suburban” development of Union Hill as well.…

Woodward House

Year Built: c. 1784 Architectural Style: Vernacular District: Woodward House-Rocketts Located below Libby Hill Park and Church Hill, this house is the last surviving structure from the once-bustling port of Rocketts…

Mann-Netherwood Block

Year Built: 1895-1901 Architectural Style: Queen Anne District: St. John’s Church The houses were built by business partners John Mann and James Netherwood. The common garden in the back is owned…

Adams Double House

Year Built: 1809 Architectural Style: Federal District: St. John’s Church The earliest surviving double house in Richmond; built by Dr. John Adams, who helped initiate development in this area through his…

Morris Cottage

Year Built: 1830 Architectural Style: Federal District: St. John’s Church This house is one of three cottages built by carpenter John Morris. The two other cottages are also located in this…

Superior Warehouse

Year Built: c. 1850 Architectural Style: Folk Victorian District: St. John’s Church This warehouse is attached to the Pohlig Brothers Building, built in 1853, at 2405—2419 East Franklin Street. It was…

Elmira Shelton House

Year Built: 1844 Architectural Style: Greek Revival District: St. John’s Church This was the home of Elmira Shelton, Edgar Allan Poe’s childhood sweetheart. They became engaged here just two weeks before…

St. John’s Mews Garden

Year Built: 1965 District: St. John’s Church The Mews was created in 1965 as a community garden through the collaboration of Historic Richmond and the Garden Club of Virginia. It…

Harwood House

Year Built: 1869 Architectural Style: Italianate District: St. John’s Church This house boasts an excellent example of an ornate, cast-iron porch possibly made in a local foundry. Original dependencies survive behind…

Carrington House

Year Built: 1813 Architectural Style: Federal District: St. John’s Church The first house built on the 2300 block. It is Richmond’s only surviving bowfront house from the early 1800s. It was…

Hilary Baker House

Year Built: 1813 Architectural Style: Federal District: St. John’s Church Built by Hilary Baker, the first-story windows were lengthened for the addition of a Victorian veranda, which was subsequently removed.…

Hardgrove House

Year Built: 1849 Architectural Style: Greek Revival District: St. John’s Church Built by Thomas Hardgrove. Original outbuildings and garden wall survive. Preserved two—story servants’ quarters are one of best examples in…

Richmond Hill

Year Built: begun 1810 Architectural Style: Romanesque Revival and Italianate District: St. John’s Church Richard Adams developed the land around 1788. The Palmer-Taylor House was built in 1859. Sisters of…

Carrington Row

Year Built: 1818 Architectural Style: Neo-Classical District: St. John’s Church Built by the three sons of Ann Adams Carrington, it is the earliest existing example of connected row houses in Richmond.…

The Pilot Block

District: St. John’s Church The block chosen for Historic Richmond’s Church Hill revitalization program in 1956 was given the name “the pilot block.” Within ten years, all of the buildings in…

Walk On Architecture Review: Three modest, diverse and well-conceived projects add to the pedestrian experience in downtown Richmond.

BY EDWIN SLIPEK Style Weekly August 19, 2014 Great article in Style Weekly on the recently installed Dr. Waverly M. Cole and Dr. John R. Cook Memorial Terrace at Monumental Church!…