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Publisher
Richmond (Va.). Dept. of Planning and Community Development
Date of Photograph
ca. 1978
Additional Addresses
129 West Clay Street; 201 West Clay Street
Original Description (transcribed from book)
This is an Italianate double house with an elaborate cornice and arched windows surmounted by galvanized iron lintels. The original porch survives and all of the fine jigsaw ornament remains on 201.
Original Note (transcribed from book)
This Block contains the finest collection of residential cast iron porches in the state. This was once a most stylish block and contains large Italianate houses in addition to a sprinkling of Greek Revival residences.
Area of Jackson Ward Block
100 Block West Clay Street
Area of Jackson Ward Full Street
West Clay Street
Area of Jackson Ward Main Street
Clay Street
Section of Jackson Ward TOC
Clay Street
Date of Construction
1880
Type of Building
double houses
Architectural Style
Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Architectural Features
cornices; windows; window heads; porches; ironwork
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.)
Original Image Medium
Black and white photograph
Original Image Size
11.3 x 7.8 cm.
Genre
black-and-white photographs
Local Genre
photograph
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Original Publication
Zehmer, John G., and Robert P. Winthrop. 1978. The Jackson Ward historic district. Richmond: Dept. of Planning and Community Development.
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Jackson Ward Historic District
Source
129 - 201 West Clay Street, Jackson Ward Historic District Collection, Accession #M 371, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
jwh_photo_096d.jpg