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Survey Address
138 West Clay
Date of Document
1975
Area Surveyed
Jackson Ward
Street Section
Clay Street, Duval Street, and others
Street
Clay Street
Name of Building
Goddin-Taylor House; Taylor House
Use - Primary
Residential
Survey Component
Assessors Property Card
Date Built
1820
Architectural Style
Greek Revival
Construction Type
Brick
Attached
No
Significant Architectural Features (transcribed from form)
Taylor house. Enlarged 1820 - 1847. Flemish bond, double hung windows w / sidelights. Double house. Unusual window treatment. 138 burned out. Italianate cornice added. Builder: Issac Goddin.
History (transcribed from form)
This same investment company also owns no. 136 W Clay. - James M. Taylor house built c. 1820-21 by Issac A. Goddin. J. Taylor lived there for over 20 years. He was an auctioneer + leader of Richmond Methodism.
Physical Description (transcribed from form)
Double house now. Broad, shallow, gabled roof - typical early 19th Century. ORN p. 234-5. Mutual Policy # 14,513 R18v115 1847 Located West of Adams on Clay. James M. Taylor 1847. 2 stories, brick, wood roof, wing of brick, stables, (2).
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
138 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
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