Photographer

John G. Zehmer

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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

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.

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