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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS19_richmonds-african-burial-ground_Richmond-VA.html
(left panel)"Se wo were fin a wosankofa a yenkyi.""It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten."-A proverb of the Akan people of West Africa
An elder once said that cemeteries are not for the dead, but for the living. They are …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS18_auction-houses_Richmond-VA.html
There were several dozen such houses in Shockoe Bottom, typically selling human "goods" along with corn, coffee, and other commodities. Some sales were part of a larger business; other auctioneers dealt exclusively in slaves. Most slave commerce w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR89_1300-1304-east-cary-street_Richmond-VA.html
This corner has long been dominated by restaurants and saloons which served the commercial area's workers and clientele. Often commission merchants occupied the upstairs offices.
This handsomely detailed building erected on a site which extends…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR88_columbian-block_Richmond-VA.html
The Columbian Block at the dawn of the 20th Century. This building, probably erected in 1871 to house the grain and Cotton Exchange, also housed the original "Sam Miller Exchange Cafe." The business of the Richmond Commodities Exchange was conduct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR87_bowers-brothers-coffee-and-tea-building_Richmond-VA.html
Richmond's flour, milled here in Shockoe Slip, was known all over the world for its high quality. On their return from delivering flour and the popular Virginia tobacco, ships were laden with coffee, tea, and exotic spices, which were then sold by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR85_commercial-block_Richmond-VA.html
This commercial row of warehouses and retail structures was built immediately after the Civil War, in 1866, to serve the nearby James River and Kanawha Canal.
The Doric colonnade framing the doorways and windows on this building was produced in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR82_1200-block-east-cary-street_Richmond-VA.html
Because of Shockoe Slip's convenience to both canal and rail transport, many different businesses contributed to its economic make-up. Some of the buildings in this block housed concerns that would be expected in the area, such as a cigar manufact…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR81_1201-east-cary-street_Richmond-VA.html
This building, now the home of the popular Tobacco Company Restaurant, was originally built in 1866, just one year after the Evacuation Fire. Erected during the most difficult period Richmond has ever experienced, the structure was considered espe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN5Y_the-bulldozer-press_Richmond-VA.html
The earth-moving machine we call a "bulldozer" got its name from this type of press. This bulldozer press made by Williams and White, shapes and straightens pieces of metal.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2L_tredegar-iron-works_Richmond-VA.html
"The industrial economy of the South once revolved around a few acres of land in the Capital of the Confederacy."Giles Cromwell, Historian, 1992
"It is doubtful whether an abler business man than General Anderson ever lived in this state." Rich…