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Publisher
Richmond (Va.). Dept. of Planning and Community Development
Date of Photograph
ca. 1978
Original Description (transcribed from book)
Dating from 1855, the front of this frame house was modernized in the nineteen twenties. The steep roof of the house and the changes testify to its age.
Original Note (transcribed from book)
The 600 Block of North Fourth Street adversely suffered from the super highways and the expanding central Richmond. A few houses have managed to survive on Fourth Street.
Area of Jackson Ward Block
600 Block North Fourth Street
Area of Jackson Ward Full Street
North Fourth Street
Area of Jackson Ward Main Street
Fourth Street
Section of Jackson Ward TOC
The Numbered Cross Streets
Date of Construction
1855
Image Note
Photograph differs from one used in book.
Type of Building
single-family dwellings
Architectural Features
pitched roofs
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 16.6 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
631 North Fourth Street, Jackson Ward Historic District Collection, Accession #M 371, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
jwh_photo_202d.jpg