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The Valentine is a museum in Richmond, Virginia dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond's history. Founded by Mann S. Valentine II 1898, [ 1 ] it was the first museum in Richmond.
November 11, 1971 [3] Designated VLR. November 5, 1968 [1] The Wickham House, also known as the Wickham-Valentine House, is a historic house museum on East Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia. Completed in 1812, it is considered one of the finest examples of architecture from the Federal period. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
The Jefferson Davis Memorial was a memorial for Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865, installed along Richmond, Virginia 's Monument Avenue, in the United States. The monument was unveiled on Davis' birthday, June 3, 1907, a day celebrated in Virginia and many other Southern states as ...
The Richmond Slave Trade: The Economic Backbone of the Old Dominion (2012) Tyler-McGraw, Marie, and Gregg D. Kimball. In Bondage and Freedom: Antebellum Black Life in Richmond, Virginia (Valentine Museum, 1988) Tyler-McGraw, Marie. At the falls: Richmond, Virginia and its people (U of North Carolina Press, 1994) ISBN 978-0807844762
November 12, 1969. Designated VLR. September 9, 1969 [ 2 ] Hollywood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 412 South Cherry Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was established in 1847 and designed by the landscape architect John Notman. It is 135-acres in size and overlooks the James River.
The First Freedom Center is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit located in Richmond, Virginia. Its mission is to commemorate and educate about freedom of religion and conscience as proclaimed in Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Located in the Shockoe Slip district of downtown Richmond, the Center sits on the site where Jefferson ...
History. The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia was founded by Carroll Anderson Sr. and opened to the public at 00 Clay Street in 1988, [1] [4] followed by a move in 2016 to 122 West Leigh Street. [5] It is in a two-story building, and spans 12,000 square feet in size. [6] The BHMVA has collaborated with the Valentine Museum ...
Added to NRHP. December 18, 1970. Designated VLR. October 6, 1970 [2] The Kent–Valentine House is a historic home in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1845 from plans by Isaiah Rogers of Boston. It is a three-story, five-bay, stuccoed brick mansion with a two-story wing at the rear of the west side. It features a two-story, three-bay ...