You searched for Postal Code: 23219
Page 5 of 19 — Showing results 41 to 50 of 189
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVMR_whats-that_Richmond-VA.html
Extreme LeftFederal Reserve Bank — This impressive steel and glass building rises 26 stories. It houses the Fifth District headquarters of the Federal Reserve System that regulates money supply in the southeast.Only 51% of the building is ab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS38_the-first-telephone-exchange-south-of-the-potomac-river_Richmond-VA.html
The first telephone exchange southof the Potomac River openedat this site April 1, 1879
1219 E. Main Street
Old Dominion ChapterTelephone Pioneers of AmericaC.&P. Telephone Co. of Va.1979
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS36_use-of-arms_Richmond-VA.html
"The Confederate war machine required slave labor to build its fortifications, work its factories, quarry its mines, fix its railroads, defend its harbors, tend its urban areas, and serve its soldiers."The Freed People in the Tobacco South: 1860-1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS35_kanawha-canal_Richmond-VA.html
(left panel)In Virginia and the rest of the United States, the waterways, both rivers and man-made canals served as the main avenues of commerce. Ships from across the Atlantic or from other American ports transported goods that were transferred t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1V_first-african-baptist-church_Richmond-VA.html
"As for the singing, when the vast congregation poured out its full soul in the old-fashioned songs, the long and loud bursts of praise reminded one parishioner of the ound of many waters."
Slave Missions & the Black Church in the Antebellum S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1S_reconciliation-statue_Richmond-VA.html
Dedicated 2007 CEIdentical statues in Liverpool, England; Benin, West Africa; and Richmond, Virginia, memorialize the British, African, and American triangular trade route, now identified as the Reconciliation Triangle. Traders profited from deliv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1R_odd-fellows-hall_Richmond-VA.html
Established in England in the mid-1700's, the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows began as a philanthropic organization that welcomed both white and black membership. 1813 witnessed a significant rift in the Order's structure when many of the member…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1P_mayos-bridge_Richmond-VA.html
"The Union soldiers would put out the fires and push into the city within hours of the Confederates passing over the bridges. Among the first Union soldiers to put down their muskets and pick up fire hoses and axes would be several regiments of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1N_lumpkins-jail_Richmond-VA.html
(left panel)Lumpkin's Jail was owned by Robert Lumpkin, who maximized profits in his compound by including lodging for s1ave traders, a slave holding facility, an auction house, and a residence for his family. A port city with water, ground and ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1D_slavery-challenged_Richmond-VA.html
"How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" - Samuel Johnson, 1775
"We have the wolf by the ear and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice is on one scale and self-preservation on the oth…