…And From A Previous Council Race
Former Oregon Hill resident Joan Cook Charles kindly sent in this advertisement (the picture includes her father Willie Cook):
Archive for “history”
Historic Tredegar To Expand To Remind People Of The Civil War
Excerpt from Times Dispatch article: Richmond’s fiery last days of the Civil War will immerse visitors in a new interactive version of history at the American Civil War Center when an $8 million fundraising campaign is complete. The campaign announced today has already secured pledges of $6.3 million from board members and riverfront neighbors of [...]
Hollywood < > Hollywood Sci Fi Fantasy
I meant to post this earlier- Richmond Magazine writer Harry Kollatz Jr. explaining how Pixar’s latest connects to a Richmond cemetery mausoleum, or how the American Civil War met Mars, or how…well, here’s an excerpt (but you should really just *click here* to read his entire post on John Carter craziness): In Burroughs’ telling, a [...]
Happy Birthday, Mr. Bolton
From findagrave.com: Birth: Jan. 24, 1843 Richmond Richmond City Virginia, USA Death: Dec. 6, 1922 Charlottesville Charlottesville City Virginia, USA Civil engineer; During the Civil War, Bolton served the Confederacy by helping to lay out defenses around Richmond, supervising and constructing the Piedmont Railroad from Danville, Virginia, to Greensboro, North Carolina, and constructing and subsequently [...]
Hot Water Music in Oregon Hill, RVA, 2000
From Lightning’s Girl blog (with permission): Hot Water Music band photo at the old Overlook:
Laurel Street Methodist Church
The Laurel Street Methodist Church used to stand where Pleasants Park is now. Here is some history, courtesy of Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church: Excerpt: Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church was born in 1968 through the union of the old Laurel Street Methodist Church from Richmond’s Oregon Hill and the new Grace Methodist Church in [...]
Historic Canal Area Controversy Continues
The Times Dispatch had a report on a recent Planning Commission meeting about the proposed 2nd Street Connector. It did not mention Oregon Hill citizens’ troubles with the project, but it did focus on concerns about what the road might mean for future use of the historic Kanawha Canal. Excerpt: The Richmond Planning Commission on [...]
Trolleys In Oregon Hill
We have covered some trolley history here before, but this map may illuminate it further. Click here for larger map of Richmond trolley routes. VIA Carlton McKenney’s Rails in Richmond.
Tredegar Announces Holiday Ornament Contest
From Times Dispatch article: The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar is hosting a holiday ornament contest to decorate the center’s 7-foot tree. All ornaments must be handmade and include at least one item used on ornaments created during the Victorian era, such as paper, lace, ribbon or walnut shells. (Gilded walnuts were popular.) [...]
VCU Photo Archives Online
A VCU employee and resident shared this information: Hello Everyone, Of interest to fellow Oregon Hill residents might be our newly uploaded digital collection of an Architectural Survey. This collection includes both Jackson Ward and Oregon Hill. From the home page, “This collection contains data sheets that identify and evaluate over 600 structures located in [...]
