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Alfred Douglas Price, Sr. (1860–1921) also known as A. D. Price, was an African American businessman and community leader in the late 19th-century and early 20th-century in Richmond, Virginia. [1] [2] He owned a blacksmith shop, funeral home, and a livery. Price was one of the largest African American real estate owners in his city and the A ...
Confederate Memorial Chapel is a historic interdenominational memorial chapel located in Richmond, Virginia. Dedicated on May 8, 1887, it is a white frame, Gothic Revival style structure with a clipped gable roof of grey tin and a belfry. The funds to build the chapel, which totaled $4,000, were raised by private citizens, veterans, and through ...
After the final resident passed away, the Commonwealth of Virginia was given ownership and designated it a Confederate memorial park. [5] A notable practitioner at the home was Joseph DeJarnette, a vocal proponent of racism and eugenics (specifically the sterilization of the mentally ill) whose uncle, Daniel Coleman DeJarnette Sr., was part of the First and Second Confederate Congress as well ...
Bounded by 2nd St., northern limit of CSX right-of-way (now the northern limit of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority), historic property line and former stream courses. 37°33′05″N 77°25′46″W / 37.5514°N 77.4294°W / 37.5514; -77.4294 ( Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic
National Memorial Park is a cemetery in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Falls Church, Virginia. [1] The cemetery is part of the National Funeral Home and National Memorial Park complex, which includes several related memorial and end-of-life services. The cemetery covers 168 acres, lined with fountains, trees, gardens, and sculptures.
Maymont, 1893, Richmond - home of James H. Dooley; Monticello, 1768, Albemarle County — home of Thomas Jefferson; Montpelier, c. 1764, Orange County — home of James Madison and a National Trust Historic Site; Moor Green, 1815, Prince William County - home of Howson Hooe and a National and Virginia designated historic site.
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]
The Park was created in 1934 by an act of the Assembly of Virginia. [5] It was built between 1955 and 1957, and is a one-story, three part, marble-clad building in a stripped classical style. It features a double leaf, central entrance designed to resemble a mausoleum and with 17-foot high bronze doors composed of rectangular bronze panels.