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00 BLOCK EAST LEIGH STREET
The 00 Block of East Leigh Street - This formerly residential block has become partially commercial, and several buildings have been demolished. It contains a major nineteenth century church and school.
22 East Leigh Street - The home of Sharron Baptist Church, it was built in 1887 in a severe brick Gothic style. The church is handsome and is a focal point on Leigh and First Streets.
1-3-5-7 East Leigh Street - A long row of two story Itallanate houses, they are relatively little altered, and their cornices and porches are all preserved.
9 - 11 East Leigh Street - This Georgian Revival apartment house was built c. 1925. It contains some interesting details and is on the site of the German Mission Methodist Church which occupied the area in the last century.
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Object Description
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| Address/Title | Jackson Ward historic district |
| Author | Winthrop, Robert P. |
| Photographer | Zehmer, John G. (John Granderson), 1942- |
| Publisher | Richmond (Va.). Dept. of Planning and Community Development |
| Publication Date | 1978 |
| Physical Description | 206 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Description | A digitization of the 1978 book published by the Richmond Dept. of Planning and Community Development, with text by Robert P. Winthrop and photographs by John Zehmer, presenting the results of several studies of the architecture and history of the Jackson Ward district of Richmond, Virginia. Links are provided to scans of the original photographic prints used to produce the book. |
| Subject | 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 |
| City/Location | Richmond (Va.) |
| Resource Type | Text |
| Digital File Type | image/tiff |
| Original Publication | Zehmer, John G., and Robert P. Winthrop. 1978. The Jackson Ward historic district. Richmond: Dept. of Planning and Community Development. |
| Digitization Process | Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL using Photoshop CS2, at 24-bit color (photographs) or 8-bit grayscale (book) at 600 ppi. |
| Local Genre | photograph |
| Rights | This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested. |
| Contributor | James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives |
| Digital Publisher | VCU Libraries |
| Collection | VCU Jackson Ward Historic District |
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| Address/Title | Page 113 |
| Transcription | 00 BLOCK EAST LEIGH STREET The 00 Block of East Leigh Street - This formerly residential block has become partially commercial, and several buildings have been demolished. It contains a major nineteenth century church and school. 22 East Leigh Street - The home of Sharron Baptist Church, it was built in 1887 in a severe brick Gothic style. The church is handsome and is a focal point on Leigh and First Streets. 1-3-5-7 East Leigh Street - A long row of two story Itallanate houses, they are relatively little altered, and their cornices and porches are all preserved. 9 - 11 East Leigh Street - This Georgian Revival apartment house was built c. 1925. It contains some interesting details and is on the site of the German Mission Methodist Church which occupied the area in the last century. 113 |
| Original Publication | Zehmer, John G., and Robert P. Winthrop. 1978. The Jackson Ward historic district. Richmond: Dept. of Planning and Community Development. |
| Digitization Process | Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL using Photoshop CS2, at 24-bit color (photographs) or 8-bit grayscale (book) at 600 ppi. |
| Local Genre | text; map |
| Rights | This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested. |
| Contributor | James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives |
| Links to Photographs | 22 East Leigh Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,444 1-3-5-7 East Leigh Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,445 9-11 East Leigh Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,446 |
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