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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNI_evacuation-fire_Richmond-VA.html
The Evacuation Fire destroyed roughly 1,000 buildings. It spread from here to the James River, and from the foot of Gambles Hill east to beyond 14th Street.
The first tires were set by Confederate forces just after daybreak Monday April 3, 1865…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNH_evacuation-of-richmond_Richmond-VA.html
On Sunday morning, April 2, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was notified while in church that Petersburg was falling. By noon, the evacuation of the Confederate government and army from Richmond was set in motion. Late Sunday evening, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNG_downtown-richmond-millsites_Richmond-VA.html
Seven sites in downtown Richmond have been locations for water-powered industry:
HOLLYWOOD: A flour mill was operating by 1800. Canal water powered a paper mill beginning in 1887, and a 2,100 kilowatt hydroelectric plant from 1940 to 1972. Rive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHN9_basin-race_Richmond-VA.html
The Great Basin of the James River & Kanawha Canal covered three square blocks directly in front of this plaque: between Cary and Canal, and 8th and 12th Streets. By 1834, millers had realized the Basin's water could be used to turn waterwheels, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHN5_great-turning-basin_Richmond-VA.html
The stones in this plaza have been arranged to suggest the outline of a typical lock on Richmond's James River and Kanawha Canal. Where you now stand was once a part of the Great Turning Basin which served the heart of the commercial area in anteb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8Q_copacabana-fort_Rio-de-Janeiro-RJ.html
Together with the Arpoador Rock and Cape, the Fort is part of an important landscape group located between two highly populated neighbourhoods: Copacabana and Ipanema.
Date: inaugurated in 1914 by President Marechal Hermes da Fonseca.Last Resto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8P_the-slave-trade-in-richmond_Richmond-VA.html
The land around you for several blocks was the regional center for the commerce in black slaves. There were 4 main dealers each with a jail-like compound surrounded with heavy log fences. The largest and most fearsome was Lumpkin Jail - "The Devil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8O_old-negro-burial-ground_Richmond-VA.html
The land beyond this tunnel was once part of a cemetery for slaves and poor free blacks. The exact size and shape is unknown as is the number of persons once interred. What happened to their remains is a mystery as well.
This was also the site …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8L_maggie-walker_Richmond-VA.html
Founder of the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in 1903, now Consolidated Bank & Trust Company, whose headquarters stood here 1910-1975.
"What do we need to still further develop and prosper us, numerically and financially? Let us put our moneys tog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGT7_lord-ardilaun_Dublin-Dublin.html
Prior to 1877 St. Stephen's Green was a private square for the use of the residents of the Green. In that year, through the generosity of Sir Arthur Edward Guinness (Lord Ardilaun) negotiations were concluded for converting it into a public park.
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