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Survey Address
00 Clay St.
Date of Document
1975
Area Surveyed
Jackson Ward
Street Section
Catherine Street, Clay Street, and others
Street
Clay Street
Name of Building
Adolph Dill House; Rosa D. Bowser School
Use - Primary
School
Use - Original
Residential
Survey Component
Assessors Property Card
Date Built
1832
Architectural Style
Federal
Construction Type
Brick
Attached
No
Significant Architectural Features (transcribed from form)
Adolph Dill - free standing house: pressed brick, 2 stories w/ raised basement. 3 bays. Brick laid in Flemish bond w/ narrow mortar joints; Roman Ionic porch w/ coupled unfluted columns + balustrade; 6/6 sash; square corner blocks; hipped roof. Greek Revival; built 1832 for Dill.
History (transcribed from form)
Built c. 1832. One of only houses remaining from 1825-40 period. ORH p. 172 for details.
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
00 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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