People's Guide to Richmond and Central Virginia

Melissa Ooten directs a social justice leadership program and teaches in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies at the University of Richmond.  Jason Sawyer is Assistant Professor of Human Services at Old Dominion University. His work centers community organizing, arts education, and transformative social justice work.

• ContentsList of Maps INTRODUCTION 1 DOWNTOWN RICHMOND  1.1 Devil’s Half Acre | 1.2 African Burial Ground | 1.3 1708 Gallery (formerlocation) | 1.4 Adams Express Company | 1.5 Walker and Harris Tobacco Factory |1.6 First African Baptist Church (former location) | 1.7 The Egyptian Building |1.8 Old City Hall | 1.9 Governor’s Mansion | 1.10 Hotel Raleigh | 1.11 JohnMarshall Courts Building | 1.12 Federal Building | 1.13 Kanawha Plaza | 1.14 SingResidence (former) | 1.15 Thalhimers Department Store (former) | 1.16 InConversation Mural / Mending Walls RVA | 1.17 Spottswood W. Robinson IIIand Robert R. Merhige, Jr. U. S. Courthouse | 1.18 Virginia Electric and PowerCompany | 1.19 Tredegar Iron Works | 1.20 Belvidere Hill Baptist Church (former) 2 EAST END RICHMOND 2.1 Belle Bryan Day Nursery (former) | 2.2 Van Lew Mansion (former) | 2.3 Site ofBattle of Bloody Run | 2.4 Spencer E. Jones III Residence (former) | 2.5 WillieMallory Residence (former) | 2.6 CSX Fulton Yard | 2.7 Creighton Court | 2.8 EastEnd Cemetery | 2.9 The East End Landfill3 NORTHSIDE RICHMOND 3.1 Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church | 3.2 Law Offices of Oliver Hill (former) |3.3 Richmond Planet Offices (former) | 3.4 The Hippodrome | 3.5 EbenezerBaptist Church | 3.6 True Reformers Hall (former) | 3.7 Navy Hill School(former) | 3.8 Virginia First Regiment Armory (former) | 3.9 Richmond ColoredNormal School (former) | 3.10 St. Luke Penny Savings Bank | 3.11 Charles S. GilpinCommunity Farm | 3.12 Overby-Sheppard Elementary School | 3.13 BatteryPark | 3.14 Walter Plecker Residence (former) | 3.15 A. H. Robins Company (former) |3.16 Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Headquarters (formerlocation) | 3.17 Bryan Park4 THE FAN AND WEST END 4.1 Marcus-David Peters Circle (formerly Lee Circle) | 4.2 Stuart Circle | 4.3 FanFree Clinic (former) | 4.4 University Student Commons, Virginia CommonwealthUniversity | 4.5 Department of Motor Vehicles | 4.6 Richmond Triangle Players’Robert B. Moss Theatre | 4.7 Rumors of War Statue at the Virginia Museum of FineArts | 4.8 The Virginia Flaggers | 4.9 First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond |4.10 Byrd Park | 4.11 Phoenix Rising (former) | 4.12 Athena Mural | 4.13 PublicWater Hydrant in Westwood Neighborhood (former) | 4.14 Mekong Restaurant5 SOUTHSIDE RICHMOND 5.1 Ancarrow’s Landing | 5.2 Perdue Farms Inc. (former) | 5.3 New Life DeliveranceTabernacle | 5.4 Sacred Heart Catholic Church / Iglesia del Sagrado Corazon |5.5 Carrington and Michaux Plant (former) | 5.6 Rudd’s Trailer Park | 5.7 La Mancha(Southwood Apartments) | 5.8 Broad Rock Sports Complex | 5.9 City of Richmond /Chesterfield County Boundary | 5.10 McDonough Community Garden |5.11 Huguenot High School | 5.12 Phillip Morris USA6 PETERSBURG AND POINTS SOUTH OF RICHMOND 6.1 Islamic Center of Virginia | 6.2 La Siesta Restaurant (former) | 6.3 ColbrookMotel (former) | 6.4 213–215 Witten Street | 6.5 Beaux Twenty Club (former) |6.6 Legends Historical Park and Wilcox Lake | 6.7 Central State Hospital (formerlythe Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane) | 6.8 Matoaca ManufacturingCompany (former) | 6.9 Life Sciences Products Company (former) | 6.10 HopewellMunicipal Building7 CHARLOTTESVILLE AND POINTS WEST OF RICHMOND 7.1 Market Street Park | 7.2 Congregation Beth Israel | 7.3 AIDS Services Group(former) | 7.4 Charlottesville Woolen Mills | 7.5 Martha “Mattie” ThompsonResidence (former) | 7.6 Muldowney’s Pub (former) | 7.7 Omni Hotel |7.8 Oakwood Cemetery | 7.9 Hemings Family Residence (former) | 7.10 TheRotunda, University of Virginia | 7.11 The Lawn at the University of Virginia |7.12 Memorial Gym | 7.13 Wood’s Crossing | 7.14 Skyline Drive and ShenandoahNational Park | 7.15 Union Hill Baptist Church | 7.16 Dillwyn CorrectionalCenter | 7.17 Rassawek8 THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE AND POINTS EAST OF RICHMOND 8.1 Proposed Site of Chickahominy Gas Power Station | 8.2 Samaria IndianSchool (former) | 8.3 Sandy Point | 8.4 Wilson’s Wharf | 8.5 The Brafferton |8.6 Palace Green | 8.7 Wetherburn’s Tavern | 8.8 Jamestown Church |8.9 College Landing Park | 8.10 Yorktown Naval Weapons Station |8.11 Slabtown (former) | 8.12 Werowocomoco | 8.13 Hayes Post Office(former) | 8.14 Gloucester County High School | 8.15 Pamunkey PotterySchool and Guild | 8.16 King William County Courthouse | 8.17 ScotlandLanding | 8.18 White House Landing | 8.19 George W. Watkins School9 THEMATIC TOURS Monuments and Murals Tour | Virginia Indians Tour | Black Freedom |Struggles for Self-Determination Tour | Queer Cultures and Histories Tour |Food Justice TourRecommended Reading Acknowledgments Credits Index