100 East Leigh Street
| Title: | Address/Title: 100 East Leigh Street. |
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| Name(s): |
Winthrop, Robert P., author Zehmer, John G. (John Granderson), 1942-, photographer James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives, contributor VCU Libraries, publisher |
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| Type of Resource: | still image | |
| Genre: | Photograph | |
| Date Created: | ca. 1978 | |
| Publisher: | Richmond (Va.). Dept. of Planning and Community Development | |
| Physical Form: | black and white photograph | |
| Extent: | 11.4 x 8.3 cm. | |
| Digitization Process: | Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL using Photoshop CS2, at 24-bit color (photographs) or 8-bit grayscale (book) at 600 ppi. | |
| Identifier(s): | CONTENTdm ID: jwh/id/448 (CONTENTdm ID) | |
| Note(s): |
Area of Jackson Ward Block: 100 Block East Leigh Street Area of Jackson Ward Full Street: East Leigh Street Area of Jackson Ward Main Street: Leigh Street GIS Data Latitude: 37.547746 GIS Data Longitude: -77.438205 Map URL: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.547746,+-77.438205+(100%20East%20Leigh%20Street,%20Richmond,%20VA)&iwloc=A&hl=en Original Description (From Book): An unusual Romanesque Revival house, it has a notable turret and arched and gabled entrance. The brick house has granite trim. This entire block was part of Jackson's Pleasure Garden, a "country" beer garden in the earlier part of the century. It was built c. 1895. Original Note (From Book): 100 Block of East Leigh Street - While this street was developed late in the last century, it contains some of the finest houses in Jackson Ward and is the only complete block on Leigh to retain all of its houses and residential character. Section of Jackson Ward TOC: Leigh Street |
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| Subject(s): |
Architectural Features: Turrets (towers) Architectural Features: Gable-front houses Architectural Features: Arches Architectural Features: Entrances Architectural Style: Romanesque Revival Architectural Style: Queen Anne Style Type of Building: Single-family dwellings City/Location: Richmond (Va.) Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works Architecture -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Pictorial works Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works Jackson Ward Historic District (Richmond, Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works Date of Construction: 1895 Related Organizations: Jackson's Pleasure Garden |
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| Coordinates: | 37.547746,+-77.438205 | |
| Rights Statement URL: | https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| Rights Statement: | No Copyright-United States | |
| Rights: | This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested. | |
| Is Part Of: | Collection: VCU Jackson Ward Historic District. | |
| Original Title: | Original Publication: Zehmer, John G., and Robert P. Winthrop. 1978. The Jackson Ward historic district. Richmond: Dept. of Planning and Community Development. | |
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