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Publication Date
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Postmark Date
Not postmarked.
Card Text (transcribed from postcard)
No. 23, Old Stone House, (Main near Twentieth) Richmond, Va. This venerable building, with its weatherworn walls of stone boulders, is reputed to be the oldest in the city, it having been erected (probably in 1737) by Jacob Ege, a German immigrant in whose family it remained for several generations. In the course of the time many interesting legends have gathered around its ancient walls. Thus the yard in the rear of the building is said to contain a number of Indian graves. It is also said to have occupied by Gen'l Geo. Washington as his headquarters on occasion. And one of its upper rooms, it is claimed, was used by Patrick Henry as a law office. It is now owned and maintained by the Ass'n for the Preservation of Virginian Antiquities.
Note
1900 block of East Main Street;
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_071.jpg