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HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS \/ HISTORIC SITES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agecroft Hall<\/strong>
\n4305 Sulgrave Road
\nRichmond 804-353-4241
\nElegant grounds and magnificent gardens grace this elegantly reconstructed 15th century English Tudor manor house.<\/p>\n

Arthur<\/strong> Ashe Monument<\/strong>
\nRoseneath & Monument Avenues
\nRichmond 804-646-5717
\nwww.richmondgov.com<\/a>
\nGaining fame by winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open \u00ad\u2014 and twice-ranked \u201cnumber one\u201d in the world \u2014 tennis champion and beloved native son Arthur Ashe has been immortalized in the first monument erected on Monument Avenue since 1929.<\/p>\n

Bojangles<\/strong> Monument<\/strong>
\nAdams & West Leigh Streets
\nRichmond 804-646-5717
\nwww.richmondgov.com<\/a>
\nBill \u201cBojangles\u201d Robinson is remembered for defining the artistry of tap dancing for two generations of Americans.<\/p>\n

Byrd Theatre<\/strong>
\n2908 W. Cary Street
\nRichmond 804-353-9911
\nwww.museumdistrict.org<\/a>
\nRichmond\u2019s oldest movie palace opened on Christmas Eve, 1928. This Virginia historic landmark features an original Wurlitzer theater organ, which is still in use.<\/p>\n

Capitol Square<\/strong>
\n9th & Grace Streets
\nRichmond 804-698-1788
\nwww.virginia.gov<\/a>
\nIn addition to offering tours of the first public building designed in neo-classical styling by Thomas Jefferson, the square is home to the only statue for which George Washington actually posed.<\/p>\n

Hanover<\/strong> Courthouse<\/strong>
\nRoute 301
\nHanover 804-537-6000
\nwww.co.hanover.va.us<\/a>
\nBuilt in 1735, the courthouse boasts a rich history including the location where Patrick Henry tried his first case in 1763.<\/p>\n

King William Courthouse<\/strong>
\n253 Courthouse Lane
\nKing William 804-769-9619
\nBuilt in 1725.The historic building is not only the county’s oldest public building, but is purportedly the oldest public building in use in Virginia and the oldest courthouse of English foundation in continuous use in the United States.<\/p>\n

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site<\/strong>
\n600 North 2nd Street
\nRichmond 804-771-2017
\nwww.nps.gov\/malw<\/a>
\nTour the home of Maggie Walker, who made American history when she became the first woman bank president in 1903.<\/p>\n

Maymont<\/strong>
\n1700 Hampton Street
\nRichmond 804-358-7166
\nwww.maymont.org<\/a>
\nMagnificent grounds and gardens surround this elegant turn-of-the-century estate, a meticulously restored Victorian home.<\/p>\n

Old<\/strong> Blandford Church<\/strong>
\n319 S. Crater Road
\nPetersburg 804-733-2396
\nwww.petersburg-va.org<\/a>
\nUsed as a Civil War field hospital, this 1735 church was further embellished with 15 memorial stained-glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany.<\/p>\n

St. John\u2019s<\/strong> Episcopal Church<\/strong>
\n2401 E. Broad Street
\nRichmond 804-649-7938
\nwww.historicstjohnschurch.org<\/a>
\nChurch Hill is the location of Richmond\u2019s oldest church, circa 1741, the site of Patrick Henry\u2019s eloquent and famous speech.<\/p>\n

St. John\u2019s Church<\/strong>
\n103 St. Johns Church Lane
\nKing William 804-769-4560
\nwww.stjohnswp.org\/oldstjohns\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuckahoe Plantation<\/strong>
\nRiver Road
\nGoochland County 804-749-4000
\nwww.historictuckahoe.com<\/a>
\nArchitectural historians consider Tuckahoe to be the finest existing early 18th century plantation in America.<\/p>\n

Virginia War Memorial<\/strong>
\n621 South Belvidere Street
\nRichmond 804-786-2050
\nwww.richmondgov.com<\/a>
\nThis dramatic monument honors 11,600 Virginians who gave their lives in war.<\/p>\n

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Historic Graves<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hebrew Cemetery<\/strong>
\n21st and Franklin Streets
\nRichmond 804-646-5717
\nwww.bethahabah.org\/hebrew-cemetery.htm<\/a>
\nDating as far back as 1790, the Hebrew Confederate cemetery on Shockoe Hill is the only Jewish military cemetery in the world outside the state of Israel.<\/p>\n

Hollywood<\/strong> Cemetery<\/strong>
\n412 South Cherry
\nRichmond 804-648-8501
\nwww.hollywoodcemetery.org<\/a>
\nWinding paths and foot bridges pass by lush landscape to the graves of such notables as Presidents John Tyler and James Monroe, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and General J.E.B. Stuart. One of the most striking monuments was dedicated in 1869 to 18,000 Confederate soldiers.<\/p>\n

Oakwood<\/strong> Cemetery<\/strong>
\n3101 East Nine Mile Road
\nRichmond 804-646-4473
\nwww.scvva.org\/Oakwood\/index.html<\/a>
\nThe final resting-place of 17,000 Confederate soldiers is also famous for the removal of the body of Yankee Colonel Dahlgren by the Union spy Elizabeth VanLew in 1864 under the cover of night.<\/p>\n

Shockoe<\/strong> Hill Cemetery<\/strong>
\nHospital Street
\nRichmond 804-646-5717
\nwww.hmdb.org\/marker.asp?marker=22606<\/a>
\nMany famous people were laid to rest in this ground, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall, Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s beloved young love and his best friend, and Revolutionary war hero Peter Francisco as well as hundreds of Civil War casualties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS \/ HISTORIC SITES Agecroft Hall 4305 Sulgrave Road Richmond 804-353-4241 Elegant grounds and magnificent gardens grace this elegantly reconstructed 15th century English Tudor manor house. Arthur Ashe Monument Roseneath & Monument Avenues Richmond 804-646-5717 www.richmondgov.com Gaining fame by winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open \u00ad\u2014 and twice-ranked \u201cnumber one\u201d in the world \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/RichmondVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/RichmondVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/RichmondVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/RichmondVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/RichmondVA3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/RichmondVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":743,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/RichmondVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328\/revisions\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/RichmondVA3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}