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The Grace Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located in Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 93 contributing buildings located in downtown Richmond. The buildings reflect the core of the city's early 20th-century retail development and the remnants of a 19th-century residential neighborhood.
The issue of whether the city should charge tolls would not be settled until July 1935 when the city negotiated with Richmond Bridge Corporation and the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) to make the bridge toll-free. [128] 1935 – Gottfried Krueger Brewery sells the first canned beer on January 24, 1935 [129] 1936
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Richmond, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
Richmond (/ ˈ r ɪ tʃ m ə n d / RITCH-mənd) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city since 1871. The city's population in the 2020 census was 226,610, up from 204,214 in 2010, [7] making it Virginia's fourth-most populous city. [8]
The color of their skin: Education and race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954–89 (U of Virginia Press, 1993) Randolph, Lewis A. Rights for a season: The politics of race, class, and gender in Richmond, Virginia (U. of Tennessee Press, 2003) Saunders, Robert M. "Crime and Punishment in Early National America: Richmond, Virginia, 1784–1820."
1935: President Franklin D. Roosevelt will receive an honorary LL.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame. City and county offices will be closed.
The Historic Richmond Foundation was established in 1956 by Elisabeth Scott Bocock out of concern for "saving and enhancing the setting for St. John's Church." [4] In 1957, encouraged in large part by Historic Richmond, City Council created a historic district ordinance while simultaneously adopting the St. John's Church Old and Historic ...
Town of Fairmount (incorporated 1902) in Henrico County was annexed by the City of Richmond in 1914. [3] Town of Ginter Park in Henrico County was annexed by the City of Richmond. Town of Goodson (1856–1890) became the independent City of Bristol (name change) Town of Highland Park in Henrico County was annexed by the City of Richmond in 1914 ...