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616 North First Street - Handsome like the other houses on the block, this house has its classical porch obscured by a metal awning. While cloth awnings were common when this street was being built, the aluminum awning permanently hides most of this house.
618 North First Street - A late nineteenth century commercial building, this grocery is well- preserved except for the modern shopfront. While the building is quite elaborate and the segmental arch has keystones, the building is not painted in appropriate colors.
601 North First Street - This small shop appears to have been built as a carriage house or servant's quarters to the rear of the large home on Leigh Street. The building is utilitarian in character with no ornament.
601i to 617 North First Street - This is the longest row of united houses in Jackson Ward. It was built in part of Jackson's garden. The cornices and jigsaw porches are all united. Only one unit has had a porch of 1920 vintage substituted for the original. The segmental brick arched windows have slightly projected brick trim. Most of the wood picket fences are in place although not all are well-maintained. The color schemes of all the houses are typical of the eighties.
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 178 |
| Transcription | 616 North First Street - Handsome like the other houses on the block, this house has its classical porch obscured by a metal awning. While cloth awnings were common when this street was being built, the aluminum awning permanently hides most of this house. 618 North First Street - A late nineteenth century commercial building, this grocery is well- preserved except for the modern shopfront. While the building is quite elaborate and the segmental arch has keystones, the building is not painted in appropriate colors. 601 North First Street - This small shop appears to have been built as a carriage house or servant's quarters to the rear of the large home on Leigh Street. The building is utilitarian in character with no ornament. 601i to 617 North First Street - This is the longest row of united houses in Jackson Ward. It was built in part of Jackson's garden. The cornices and jigsaw porches are all united. Only one unit has had a porch of 1920 vintage substituted for the original. The segmental brick arched windows have slightly projected brick trim. Most of the wood picket fences are in place although not all are well-maintained. The color schemes of all the houses are typical of the eighties. |
| 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 | 616 North First Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,654 618 North First Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,655 601 North First Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,656 601 1/2 to 617 North First Street: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/jwh,657 |
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