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 ­— and twice-ranked “number one” in the world — tennis champion and beloved native son Arthur Ashe has been immortalized in the first monument erected on Monument Avenue since 1929.

Bojangles Monument
Adams & West Leigh Streets
Richmond 804-646-5717
www.richmondgov.com
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson is remembered for defining the artistry of tap dancing for two generations of Americans.

Byrd Theatre
2908 W. Cary Street
Richmond 804-353-9911
www.museumdistrict.org
Richmond’s oldest movie palace opened on Christmas Eve, 1928. This Virginia historic landmark features an original Wurlitzer theater organ, which is still in use.

Capitol Square
9th & Grace Streets
Richmond 804-698-1788
www.virginia.gov
In 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.

Hanover Courthouse
Route 301
Hanover 804-537-6000
www.co.hanover.va.us
Built in 1735, the courthouse boasts a rich history including the location where Patrick Henry tried his first case in 1763.

King William Courthouse
253 Courthouse Lane
King William 804-769-9619
Built 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.

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
600 North 2nd Street
Richmond 804-771-2017
www.nps.gov/malw
Tour the home of Maggie Walker, who made American history when she became the first woman bank president in 1903.

Maymont
1700 Hampton Street
Richmond 804-358-7166
www.maymont.org
Magnificent grounds and gardens surround this elegant turn-of-the-century estate, a meticulously restored Victorian home.

Old Blandford Church
319 S. Crater Road
Petersburg 804-733-2396
www.petersburg-va.org
Used as a Civil War field hospital, this 1735 church was further embellished with 15 memorial stained-glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

St. John’s Episcopal Church
2401 E. Broad Street
Richmond 804-649-7938
www.historicstjohnschurch.org
Church Hill is the location of Richmond’s oldest church, circa 1741, the site of Patrick Henry’s eloquent and famous speech.

St. John’s Church
103 St. Johns Church Lane
King William 804-769-4560
www.stjohnswp.org/oldstjohns/

Tuckahoe Plantation
River Road
Goochland County 804-749-4000
www.historictuckahoe.com
Architectural historians consider Tuckahoe to be the finest existing early 18th century plantation in America.

Virginia War Memorial
621 South Belvidere Street
Richmond 804-786-2050
www.richmondgov.com
This dramatic monument honors 11,600 Virginians who gave their lives in war.

 

Historic Graves

Hebrew Cemetery
21st and Franklin Streets
Richmond 804-646-5717
www.bethahabah.org/hebrew-cemetery.htm
Dating 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.

Hollywood Cemetery
412 South Cherry
Richmond 804-648-8501
www.hollywoodcemetery.org
Winding 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.

Oakwood Cemetery
3101 East Nine Mile Road
Richmond 804-646-4473
www.scvva.org/Oakwood/index.html
The 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.

Shockoe Hill Cemetery
Hospital Street
Richmond 804-646-5717
www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=22606
Many famous people were laid to rest in this ground, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall, Edgar Allan Poe’s beloved young love and his best friend, and Revolutionary war hero Peter Francisco as well as hundreds of Civil War casualties.