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llOi East Leigh Street - c. 1880 - The home of Maggie Walker, this house was originally a small Itallanate house with a square bay. A gabled library was added with a later elaborate two level porch.
112 - 114 East Leigh Street - This is an Itallanate double house. 114 has been altered, but 112 retains its original shape.
116-118 East Leigh Street - These are stripped Itallanate houses. They were converted to offices and retain only their cornices.
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101 East Leigh Street - This is a typical corner market with apartments above. It is well- preserved with its major architectural decoration intact. The entire block was owned by the Warwick family in 1876.
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Object Description
| Rating | |
| 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 116 |
| Transcription | I ^Tn llOi East Leigh Street - c. 1880 - The home of Maggie Walker, this house was originally a small Itallanate house with a square bay. A gabled library was added with a later elaborate two level porch. 112 - 114 East Leigh Street - This is an Itallanate double house. 114 has been altered, but 112 retains its original shape. 116-118 East Leigh Street - These are stripped Itallanate houses. They were converted to offices and retain only their cornices. III 101 East Leigh Street - This is a typical corner market with apartments above. It is well- preserved with its major architectural decoration intact. The entire block was owned by the Warwick family in 1876. 116 |
| 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 | 110 1/2 East Leigh Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,454 112-114 East Leigh Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,455 116-118 East Leigh Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,456 101 East Leigh Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,457 |
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