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Publication Date
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Postmark Date
Not postmarked.
Card Text (transcribed from postcard)
In 1853 the Government acquired the strip of land located in the middle of the square, between 10th and 11th Streets, and erected a Post Office Building. During the Civil War this was used as a Treasury Building by the U.S. Government, and it was therein that President Jefferson Davis was indicted for high treason. Later the property adjoining the old Post Office Building on the West was acquired, and in 1910 the erection of the present new Post Office, costing about one million dollars, was commenced, the corner-stone being laid Dec. 17th, 1910.
Note
The building was used by the Confederate government during the civil war, not the U.S. government. The first floor housed the Confederate government's Treasury Department. The third floor was President Davis' office; 1000 block of East Main Street; Beautiful and Historical Richmond, Va. Series No. 45;
Topical Subject
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Richmond
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Postcards; Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 20th century; Richmond (Va.) -- Pictorial works
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
postcards
Local Genre
postcard
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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
Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards
Source
William Shuman Collection of Richmond, Virginia Postcards, Accession Number 2004-09-12, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
postcard_279.jpg