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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKP_branch-public-baths_Richmond-VA.html
John Patterson Branch (1830-1915), banker, philanthropist and community leader, erected Richmond's first public bath here in 1909 at 1801 East Broad Street as a gift to the city. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, cities such as Baltimore,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKO_craig-house_Richmond-VA.html
The Craig House, perhaps Richmond's second oldest structure, was built between 1784 and 1787 by Adam Craig (b. ca. 1760-d. 1808). He was clerk of the Richmond Hustings Court, the Henrico County Court, and the General Court. To save the house, a gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKN_first-trolley-car-system-in-richmond_Richmond-VA.html
In 1888, the world's first successful electric railway, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway, branched at this point to link downtown and Jackson Ward with the suburbs. This system, designed by Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934), contained 12 miles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKM_richmonds-first-african-american-police-officers_Richmond-VA.html
On 1 May 1946, Richmond's first professional African American police officers were hired and assigned to the First Precinct at Smith and Marshall Streets. They were Howard T. Braxton, Doctor P. Day, Frank S. Randolph, and John W. Vann. On 16 Decem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKL_bacons-quarter_Richmond-VA.html
Nathaniel Bacon (1647-1676), leader of Bacon's Rebellion, acquired land in 1674 at Curles Neck in Henrico County and property near the falls on the north side of the James River that became known as Bacon's Quarter in what is now present-day Richm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML_barton-heights-cemeteries_Richmond-VA.html
The Burying Ground Society of the Free People of Color of Richmond established its cemetery (later renamed Cedarwood) here in 1815. African Americans eventually founded five more cemeteries here: Union Burial Ground (later called Union Mechanics),…