Third Street Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
A landmark of the Jackson Ward Historic District, Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church was built ca. 1857 to house one of Virginia’s first congregations to join the African Methodist Episcopal […]
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
The Rev. John Jasper, born a slave in Fluvanna County on July 4, 1812, organized the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church congregation in 1867 in a former Confederate stable on […]
St. Luke Building
The St. Luke Building was erected as the national headquarters of the Independent Order of St. Luke, a black benevolent society founded after the Civil War to provide guidance and […]
First African Baptist Church
Built in 1876, the First African Baptist Church housed the mother congregation of Richmond’s black Baptists until its members moved to a new location in 1955. It stands on the […]
Morson’s Row
The three bow-fronted Italianate town houses forming Morson’s Row were erected as rental properties in 1853 by James Marion Morson, and are the last vestige of the former residential character […]
Jackson Ward Historic District
Richmond at the turn of the 20th century had one of the nation’s most thriving Black business communities. The hub of this activity was Jackson Ward with its fraternal organizations, […]
Fourth Baptist Church
Richmond’s Fourth Baptist Church is a symbol of black religious strength in the Confederacy’s former capital during the decades following emancipation. The congregation began as a regular assembly of slaves […]
Governor’s Mansion (Executive Mansion)
First occupied in 1813 by Governor James Barbour, Virginia’s Executive Mansion is the nation’s oldest governor’s mansion built for that purpose. Its architect, Alexander Parris, was a native of Maine […]
John B. Cary School
Named for John B. Cary, superintendent of Richmond Public Schools from 1886 to 1889, this castellated granite structure was designed by Charles M. Robinson, the talented supervising architect of the […]
Belgian Building
This singular architectural work was originally the Belgian Pavilion for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. It was designed by the Belgian architects Victor Bourgeois and Leon Stijnen under the […]