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Survey Address
517 W Clay
Date of Document
1975
Area Surveyed
Jackson Ward
Street Section
Catherine Street, Clay Street, and others
Street
Clay Street
Use - Primary
Residential
Survey Component
Assessors Property Card
Date Built
1856
Architectural Style
Greek
Construction Type
Brick
Attached
Yes
Significant Architectural Features (transcribed from form)
Raised basement. Original porch. Owned by J.J. Davis in 1876
Characteristics (transcribed from form)
Brick, pine floors, metal roof, stove heat
History (transcribed from form)
Ante-bellum, 1856. Built by John J. Davis of Glens + Davis bricklayers; he lived there through the '70s.
Original Image Medium
Paper
Original Image Size
12 cm. x 22 cm.
Subject
Architecture -- Virginia --Richmond; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Richmond
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
architectural surveys
Local Genre
text
Type
Text
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
Richmond Architectural Survey Collection
Source
517 West Clay Street - Assessors Property Card, Richmond Architectural Survey Data Sheets Collection, M 436, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
ras_cath091_assess01.jpg