Livery stables are very rare survivals in the City of Richmond. The livery stable at 917 Green Alley, built in 1909 by William Rowe Fensom, is the best example of the 6 or so left in the city.
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Antrim Photo
1914 Foster photograph of C. W. Antrim & Sons, “Better Acquaintance Week.” Hugh Antrim is the gentleman in the white suit standing on the left streetcar third from the left of the Morara Coffee sign. Source, John Antrim.
OHNA Press Release: LATEST VCU SCHEME BLASTED
VCU’s latest plan to demolish one historic livery stable in the Oregon Hill Historic District and to move another is strongly opposed by the neighborhood’s civic association. “We strongly object to VCU’s biased study that the livery stable at 917 Green Alley proposed for demolition lacks integrity,” stated OHNA President Scott Burger. “It is obviously the University that lacks integrity by going back on their promise to not encroach further into our historic neighborhood. The latest in a long string of misrepresentations on the project is VCU’s assertion that it will make the 100,000 sq. foot addition fit in with the modest 1,500 sq. foot Oregon Hill homes.”
140 South Cherry Street
This wonderful photo is from a relation of W. R. Fensom, who built the livery stable at 917 Green Alley. The photo shows Fensom’s mother seated in the vehicle, which is in front of 140 S. Cherry (now demolished at the corner of Cumberland and Cherry). Fensom’s plumbing business was to the rear of this building.
The man in the middle with the hat on is Ashby D. Fensom Sr. I think the older woman sitting in the car is Mrs. Emma Arline Rowe Fensom White. She is the mother of William Rowe Fensom and Ashby D. Fensom Sr.
Modern, modular Victorian
Congratulations to Allen Townsend for this article on the front page of the Real Estate section in the Times-Dispatch! Also thanks to Carol Hazard for such a nice article: Modern, modular Victorian – Prefabricated house fits in among historic Oregon Hill’s homes.
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VCU party house problem on Cherry St.
There was a large VCU party on the 300 block of Cherry St. this past weekend, causing complaints of fighting, public urination, public drunkedness, and noise disturbances.
Police were called and there was a report of at least one arrest. VCU officials have been notified and the matter is likely to receive attention at the next meeting of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association this coming Tuesday night.
Chuckwagon/Hollywood Grill for sale
An Oregon Hill resident shared this news:
I just saw up signs up in all of the windows of the Chuckwagon that it is
for sale by owner. If so, that marks the end of a decades plus run by the
same family. Anyone interested in one of the very few available commercial
spaces in the neighborhood should walk by and give it a look.
OHHIC working
All volunteer OHHIC work crew seen at 515 South Laurel this morning.