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 [...]
From Lightning’s Girl blog (with permission): Hot Water Music band photo at the old Overlook:
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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.) [...]
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 [...]
Annie Tobey took a Historic Richmond tour of the neighborhood this past month and wrote about it as part of the Yahoo Contributor Network. From the article: During my October tour, Halloween decorations added a bit of fun to the 19th century facades. The houses are modest and still primarily middle class and exude a [...]
From The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1862: Died On the 6th inst, after an illness of eleven weeks, from injuries received on the railroad, Charles Walter, youngest son of George and Emily C. Green, aged 7 years5 months and 7 days. He leaves an affectionate mother, one brother and sister, and a great many relatives [...]
From The Daily Dispatch: October 17, 1864: At the residence of his grandmother, on Oregon Hill, Charles T. Barnum, of wounds received near Petersburg; aged twenty-one years and eighteen days. Fourt this , when life shall cease to thrill this heart of mine; But not like then can I forget one look or tone of [...]
