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Publisher
Richmond (Va.). Dept. of Planning and Community Development
Date of Photograph
ca. 1978
Additional Addresses
301 East Leigh Street; 303 East Leigh Street; 305 East Leigh Street; 305 1/2 East Leigh Street
Original Description (transcribed from book)
This is a fine row of Italianate houses. They have good bracketed cornices, squared projecting bays, and the porches of 305-305 1/2 are original. A well-preserved row, these were built shortly after 1876.
Original Note (transcribed from book)
300 Block of East Leigh Street - While this block has had some major demolition, it retains several fine houses.
Area of Jackson Ward Block
300 Block East Leigh Street
Area of Jackson Ward Full Street
East Leigh Street
Area of Jackson Ward Main Street
Leigh Street
Section of Jackson Ward TOC
Leigh Street
Type of Building
row houses
Architectural Style
Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Architectural Features
cornices; brackets (structural elements); bays (building divisions); porches
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
10.5 x 16.1 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
301 - 303 - 305 - 305 1/2 East Leigh Street, Jackson Ward Historic District Collection, Accession #M 371, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
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