Photographer

John G. Zehmer

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Publisher

Richmond (Va.). Dept. of Planning and Community Development

Date of Photograph

ca. 1978

Name of Building

Elk's Lodge; Taylor House

Original Description (transcribed from book)

The domed bay window dominates the home of the Elks Club. The cornice of the bay has been lost, and the painting is not suitable, but the building remains a major landmark. It appears to date from c. 1890.

Original Note (transcribed from book)

The Five Hundred Block of North Second Street was once the commercial center of Jackson Ward, and retains its turn of the century commercial character.

Area of Jackson Ward Block

500 Block North Second Street

Area of Jackson Ward Full Street

North Second Street

Area of Jackson Ward Main Street

Second Street

Section of Jackson Ward TOC

The Numbered Cross Streets

Date of Construction

1890

Image Note

Original photograph not available. Image presented is enlargement of photograph appearing in book.

Type of Building

commercial buildings

Architectural Style

Queen Anne Style

Architectural Features

bays (building divisions)

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

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

526 North Second Street, Jackson Ward Historic District Collection, Accession #M 371, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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