The Richmond History Center has posted their schedule of walking tours with several in the area: May 8th: Barton Heights June 6th: Ginter Park August 7th: Bellevue September 8th: Hounds of History — Ginter Park ...
Barton Heights began as a real estate development project in the fall of 1880s, one of several contemporary efforts to create new suburban towns just outside the Richmond city limits in Henrico County. ...
Our representative down at the General Assembly, Jennifer McClellan, is sponsoring a bill to commend the Ginter Park Residents Association on its 100 year anniversary (last year, its inception was 1909). Some quotes from the bill: WHEREAS, Ginter Park was conceived and planned by Major Lewis W. Ginter, a Richmond industrialist and entrepreneur, in the late ...
On Monday, February 8, the second in a series of community conversations to discuss the Future of Richmond’s Past will be held at Union-PSCE from 7-9 p.m. in Lake Chapel. bq. A brief program will focus on “The History and Creation of the Black Church,” and the majority of the evening will be devoted to ...
Following last week’s profile of the Chestnut Hill/Plateau Historic District, next up in our series of local histories is a look at the Highland Park Plaza Historic District. ...
Among the many sites and districts in Richmond listed on the National & State registries is the Chestnut Hill/Plateau Historic District (PDF). ...