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The 23-story Central National Bank Building, built in 1930, is being converted into apartments after being left abandoned for over 20 years. [1] A new 18-story office building named "Gateway Plaza", was constructed downtown for the McGuire Woods law firm and completed in December, 2015. [ 2 ]
Belle Isle is a 54 acre island in the city of Richmond, Virginia on the James River, and is part of the James River Park System.It is accessible to pedestrian and bicycle traffic via a suspension footbridge that runs under the Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge from the northern shore or via a wooden bridge from the southern shore.
Rowe Plantation was situated on Sandy Point along the James River. The 3 part house of architectural significance no longer exists. Owned early in its history by the Minge family. Other owners have been Lightfoot, Bolling and Harrison families. Sherwood Forest is the home of President John Tyler, the first Vice President to ascend to the ...
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William Byrd II is considered the founder of Richmond. The Byrd family, which includes Harry F. Byrd, has been central to Virginia's history since its founding.. After the first permanent English-speaking settlement was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in April 1607, Captain Christopher Newport led explorers northwest up the James River to an inhabited area in the Powhatan Nation. [17]
The James River drains a catchment comprising 10,432 square miles (27,020 km 2). The watershed includes about 4% open water and an area with a population of 2.5 million people (2000). The watershed includes about 4% open water and an area with a population of 2.5 million people (2000).
The grounds include a two-story gabled guest house, with symmetrical one-story wings on each side. In 1862, during the American Civil War and while the Union Army of the Potomac was camped at Berkeley Plantation, Confederates under General J.E.B. Stuart shot a cannonball into the side of the house from the nearby James River. The cannonball was ...
The James River and James River Watershed in Southern Virginia. It is a drainage basin into the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Subcategories. This category has the ...