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| The following is a '''timeline of the [[History of Richmond, Virginia|history]] of the city of [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]],''' [[Virginia]], USA.
{{Dynamic list}} {{TOC right}} ==17th century== * 1607 (May) - Capt. [[Christopher Newport]] leads a party of Englishmen on an exploration and they first visit "Pawatah", one of the capitals of the [[Powhatan Confederacy]], at Shockoe hill overlooking the falls.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} * 1608 (September) - Newport returns to the falls with 120 soldiers, to explore the [[Monacan people|Monacan]] country upriver.Helen Rountree, ''Pocahontas's People'' 1990 p. 48. * 1609 (September) - [[Captain John Smith]], now President of [[Virginia Colony]], sends another force of 120 men under [[Francis West]] to settle "West's Fort" in what is now the Rockett's neighborhood; Smith then purchases the Powhatan village from the chief Parahunt and renames it "Nonsuch", however the native inhabitants resist the settlers, forcing them to return to Jamestown.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} * 1610-1614 - [[First Anglo-Powhatan War]] * 1610 (Fall) - [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr|Lord De La Warr]], brother of Francis West and now Colony governor, makes another attempt to establish a fort at the falls, but it too is abandoned in early 1611.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} * 1611 - The English establish [[Henricus]] a few miles downstream and make no further attempt to occupy the falls of the James for the time being.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} * 1613 - Sir [[Thomas Dale]] establishes [[Charles City Point]] at the confluence of the Appomattox and James rivers. * 1619 - [[Falling Creek Ironworks]] is build at confluence of [[Falling Creek]] with the James River. * 1622 - Henricus abandoned after [[Indian Massacre of 1622]] * 1634 The [[Shires of Virginia|Virginia shire system]] is established, with most of Central Virginia included in [[Henrico_County,_Virginia#History|Henrico Shire]]. * 1635 Captain Thomas Harris plants a tobacco farm at [[Curles Neck Plantation|Curles Neck]] * 1644-1645 - [[Second Anglo-Powhatan War]] * 1645 - Fort Charles built at falls * 1646 - Peace Treaty ending war gives English control of territory as far west as Mowhemencho, now Bernard's Creek on the James * 1647 - Location of Fort Charles moved to "Manastoh", now Southside Richmond. * 1656 - Mahocks, Nahyssans and Rehecrechians, recently defeated by the Five Nations in the [[Beaver Wars]], camp at what is now called Bloody Run. They are driven off by a combined force of English and Pamunkey, but the Pamunkey chief [[Totopotomoi]] is slain. * 1670s - [[Nathaniel Bacon (colonist)|Nathaniel Bacon]] arrives from England and purchases land in the frontier of Virginia: at [[Curles Neck Plantation]] https://books.google.com/books?id=aqI1CQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT23&dq=Bacons%20rebellion%20in%20Richmond&pg=PT23#v=onepage&q=Bacons%20rebellion%20in%20Richmond&f=false "he purchased a plantation at Curles Neck, on the James, forty Mules above Jamestown, and a tract of land at the site of Richmond, on what was then the frontier." * 1673 - [[William Byrd I]] is granted lands at the falls and establishes a trading post and small settlement * 1676 - After [[Bacon's rebellion]] occurs at Jamestown, [[William Randolph]] (a recent arrival from from England) purchases Bacon's land and other land holdings along the James river in Henrico. * 1677 - [[Charles II of England]] signs the [[Treaty of 1677]], making peace with Virginia Indians, including such Richmond-area tribes as the [[Monacan people|Monicans]] (west of the falls) and the [[Appomattoc]] (near modern day [[Tricities, Virginia]]) . * 1699 - The Monacan abandon their town Mowhemencho, moving to North Carolina to escape Iroquois pressure.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} ==18th century== ===1700s=== * 1700 - French Huguenot colonists are settled in the recently abandoned Monacan regions, to be a buffer between the Indians and English, and they build Mannakin Town, now [[Manakin-Sabot, Virginia|Manakin-Sabot]]) to include a [[Huguenot Memorial Chapel and Monument|Non-Anglican church]] * 1704 [[William Byrd II]] inherits his father's estates ===1710s=== * 1710 [[Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe|William Randolph's 2nd son Thomas]] begins building [[Tuckahoe (plantation)|Tuckahoe Plantation]] near [[Manakin-Sabot, Virginia|Manakin Town]]. ===1720s=== ===1730s=== * 1730 -
** the [[Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730]] establishes a tobacco inspection at [[Warwick, Virginia (Chesterfield County)|Warwick]] and at "[[Shockoe Bottom|Shockoe's]] upon Col. Byrd's land" ** by this year, [[Three Notch'd Road]] is widely used to connect the Richmond area to the [[Shenandoah Valley]] ** Henry Cary builds [[Ampthill (Chesterfield County, Virginia)|Ampthill]] at Falling Creek * 1733 - Richmond founded by William Byrd II. * 1737 - Street grid laid out. ===1740s=== * 1741 ** [[St. John's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Virginia)|St. John's Episcopal Church]] built. ** [[William Randolph II]] dies, and his son Beverley inherits the [[Westham Plantation]]. * 1744 - William Byrd II dies. Byrd III goes to London to study law and will not return until 1748 http://www.history.org/almanack/people/bios/biowbyrd.cfm "In 1744, Byrd went to London to study law at the Middle Temple. This is likely where he started gambling, a weakness that plagued him the rest of his life. Byrd returned to Virginia by 1748" * 1749 - [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield County]] is created from land carved out of [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico County]] ===1750s=== * 1750
** [[Old Stone House (Richmond, Virginia)|Old Stone House]] built (approximate date). ** [[Archibald Cary]] opens up the [[Falling Creek Ironworks|Chesterfield Forge]] near his family plantation at Falling Creek * 1751 - After [[Beverley Randolph]] dies, his brother [[Peter Randoph]] carries through plans to sell lots and create the town of [[Westham, Virginia]]. Westham provides merchants an upriver storage alternative to Byrd III's warehouse at the falls. https://books.google.com/books?id=9af3Sm3hUpAC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=westham,+Virginia+randolph&source=bl&ots=cb8UIB-il6&sig=cIjy-juRnD0MoTGB5WSuqPC9gDw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sMNwVd_lFpPhsAT64oDICQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=westham%2C%20Virginia%20randolph&f=false The Backcountry Towns of Colonial Virginia by Christopher E. Hendricks * 1756 - 1761 - William Byrd III serves in the [[French and Indian War]] and rises to command the [[Virginia Regiment]] http://www.history.org/almanack/people/bios/biowbyrd.cfm "Byrd was in military service from 1756 until 1761. He served in Nova Scotia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. In 1758 he became colonel of the 2d Virginia Regiment, and the following year he succeeded George Washington as commander of the 1st Virginia Regiment. " ===1760s=== * 1765 - [[Peter Randolph]], William Byrd III, and [[Thomas Jefferson]] form a company to build a canal around the James River. https://books.google.com/books?id=9af3Sm3hUpAC&lpg=PA86&ots=cb8UIB-il6&dq=westham%2C%20Virginia%20randolph&pg=PA88#v=onepage&q=westham,%20Virginia%20randolph&f=false * 1768 - [[William Byrd III]] sells off many Richmond-area lots in a land lottery in a failed bid to cover his gambling debts. (He went broke and committed suicide in 1777) http://mountvernonmidden.org/wordpress/?p=1425 ===1770s=== * 1775 - [[Second Virginia Convention]] held at Saint John's church, where [[Patrick Henry]] proclaims "[[Give me liberty, or give me death!]]." ===1780s=== * 1780 ** Under Governor [[Thomas_Jefferson#Virginia_state_legislator_and_Governor|Thomas Jefferson]], the [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]] capital moves to Richmond from [[Williamsburg, Virginia|Williamsburg]] to make it more secure from British attack. ** [[First Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia)|First Baptist Church]] established. * 1781 - Turncoat [[Benedict_Arnold#British_Army_service|Benedict Arnold]] sets fire to the city during his infamous [[Raid of Richmond]] * 1785 ** [[Virginia State Capitol]] building constructed. ** [[Mason's Hall (Richmond, Virginia)|Mason's Hall]] built. * 1786 - Theatre opens. * 1788 ** [[Virginia Ratifying Convention]] held. ** Amicable Society organized.{{cite book |title=Richmond Directory and Business Advertiser for 1856 |author=M. Ellyson |location=Richmond |publisher=Ellyson, printer |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ePoBAAAAYAAJ |year=1856 }} ===1790s=== * 1790 ** [[James River and Kanawha Canal]] opens as the first commercial canal in the United States, stretching from Richmond to Westham and paralleling the James for 7 miles (11 km). ** Then still a [[John_Marshall#Political_career_.281782_to_1801.29|politician and lawyer]], future Supreme Court justice John Marshall builds a [[John Marshall House|house near the new state capitol building]] in [[Court End]] * 1790s [[Gallego Flour Mills]] starts up. * 1795 - [[Bushrod Washington]] purchased William Byrd III's former estate, [[Oregon_Hill#History|Belvidere]], from outgoing Governor [[Henry Lee III|Light-Horse Harry Lee]] and lives there until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1798 [http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-02-02-0121] [https://books.google.com/books?id=Auw-cdKZmnoC&lpg=PA19&ots=Yr_qFER9Lb&dq=bushrod%20byrd%20belvedere&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q=bushrod%20byrd%20belvedere&f=false] [https://books.google.com/books?id=KJqdycje6CoC&lpg=PA422&dq=bushrod%20belvedere%20%201795&pg=PA422#v=onepage&q=bushrod%20belvedere%20%201795&f=false] ==19th century== ===1800s=== * 1800 ** Population: 5,704 (the most populous city in the United States from 1800 to 1820) http://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=masters-theses ** [[Gabriel Prosser]] plans a failed slave rebellion * 1804
** [[U.S._Route_60_in_Virginia#History|a turnpike from Midlothian]] opens (although it does does not reach the falls of the James until 1807). ** [[Abraham B. Venable]] becomes founding president of the [[Bank of Virginia]] * 1807 Chief Justice of the United States [[John Marshall]] (a resident of Richmond) presides over the [[Burr conspiracy]] trial in Richmond. ===1810s=== * 1810 - Theatre built. * 1811
** [[Richmond Theatre fire]] in Court End kills many prominent citizens. ** [[Virginia Governor's Mansion]] built. ** One of Virginia's first charitable institutions, the [[Memorial Foundation for Children|Female Humane Association]] is founded in Richmond. * 1812 - Lawyer and businessman [[John Wickham (attorney)|John Wickham]] builds his [[Wickham House|house]] on Clay Street in the fashionable [[Court End]] neighborhood. * 1814 - [[Monumental Church]] built in Court End on the site of the 1811 theater fire. * 1815 - ''Richmond Enquirer'' newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Virginia&county=&city=Richmond&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=September 18, 2012}} * 1818 - [[John Brockenbrough|Dr. John Brockenbrough]], Scottish-born president of the [[Bank of Virginia]], builds a [[White House of the Confederacy|house in Court End]]. ===1820s=== * 1820 - [[Pope Pius VII]] establishes the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond]] on July 11, 1820. * 1823
** [[Library of Virginia|State Library]] founded.{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~davpro/databases/index.html |title=American Libraries before 1876 |author= Davies Project |publisher=Princeton University |accessdate=September 18, 2012}} ** Colonization Society of Virginia formed.{{citation |title=African Repository and Colonial Journal |date=May 1850 |publisher=American Colonization Society }} * 1826 - a [[Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike|turnpike]] opens between [[Manchester, Richmond, Virginia|Manchester]] (modern day downtown Richmond) and Petersburg, VA ===1830s=== * 1831
** [[Virginia Historical Society|Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society]] founded. ** [[Nicholas Mills]] opens the 13-mile [[Chesterfield Railroad]] to carry coal from Midlothian to the falls of the James. * 1832 - [[Richmond College (Virginia)|Richmond College]] opens.{{Citation |publication-place = New York |title = [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |chapterurl = http://archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabri23chisrich#page/308/mode/2up |chapter=Richmond |publication-date = 1910 |oclc = 14782424 |edition=11th }} * 1834
** Typographical Society formed.{{Citation |publisher = International Typographical Union |publication-place = Indianapolis, Ind |title = A documentary history of the early organizations of printers |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7017494M/A_documentary_history_of_the_early_organizaions_of_printers |publication-date = 1907 |oclc = 6953828 }} ** [[Southern Literary Messenger]] opens (hires [[Edgar Allan Poe]] as a staff writer in 1835) ** The first Catholic church in Richmond, [[St. Peter's Church (Richmond, Virginia)|St. Peter's Church]] is erected * 1836 - [[Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad]] opens from Richmond to Hazel Run in 1836. It would not reach Fredericksburg until January 23, 1837, and reach the rest of the way to the Potomac River at [[Aquia Creek]] until September 30, 1842. https://olivercromwellcase.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/aquia-creek-landing/ "A railroad from Fredericksburg to Richmond was completed in 1837 which made the landing on Aquia Creek even more attractive. The year 1842 saw a critical development in the story of Aquia Creek Landing as the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad extended their rail line from Fredericksburg to the landing. This now allowed cargo and passengers to move faster than ever from Washington to Richmond connecting to other areas in the north and south." * 1837 - [[Tredegar Iron Works]] in business. * 1838
** [[Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge|Richmond and Petersburg Railroad]] opens. ** [[Medical College of Virginia]] founded. ===1840s=== * 1840 - A Baptist Seminary founded in 1830 was chartered by the [[Virginia General Assembly]] as [[University of Richmond|Richmond College]] http://rc.richmond.edu/about/history.html (First degree was not confered until 1849) http://rc.richmond.edu/common/X_PDF/RChistory.pdf * 1841 ** [[First African Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia)|First African Baptist Church]] founded. ** Richmond Library Association formed. * 1843 - [[St. John's United Church of Christ, Richmond, Virginia|Saint John's German Lutheran Evangelical Church]] founded. * 1845 - Second Presbyterian Church founded.{{Citation |publisher = Printed by Whittet & Shepperson |publication-place = Richmond, Va |title = Commemoration of forty-five years of service |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6343111M/Commemoration_of_forty-five_years_of_service |author = Richmond (Va.). Second Presbyterian Church. |publication-date = 1890 |oclc = 4908395 }} * 1849 - [[Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)|Hollywood Cemetery]] established. ===1850s=== * 1851
** [[Monroe Park]] laid out. ** [[James River and Kanawha Canal]] built.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} * 1852 ** Gesangverein Virginia formed.{{cite web |url=http://gesangvereinvirginia.com/gvvahome.shtml |title=Gesangverein Virginia |accessdate=September 18, 2012}} ** Virginia State Agricultural Society organized.{{Citation |publisher = Jones & Cook |publication-place = Richmond |author = R. A. Brock |url = http://archive.org/stream/richmondasmanufa00broc#page/n5/mode/2up |title = Richmond as a manufacturing and trading centre |publication-date = 1880 }} * 1854
** Virginia Mechanics Institute founded.{{Citation |publisher = Macmillan |publication-place = New York |author = Cornelius Jacob Heatwole |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7029252M/A_history_of_education_in_Virginia |title = A history of education in Virginia |publication-date = 1916 }} ** the [[Southside Railroad (Virginia)|Southside Railroad]] acquires [[City Point Railroad]] and completes connections between City Point and Lynchburg * 1856
** [[Richmond and Danville Railroad]] in operation. ** [[Oakwood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)|Oakwood Cemetery]] established. * 1858 - [[Virginia Washington Monument|Washington Monument]] unveiled. ===1860s=== * 1861 {{Expand section|date=September 2012}} ** Richmond becomes capital of [[Confederate States of America]]. ** [[Chimborazo Hospital]] opens.{{cite web |url=http://encyclopediavirginia.org/ |title=Encyclopedia Virginia |location=Charlottesville, VA |publisher=Virginia Foundation for the Humanities |accessdate=September 18, 2012}} ** [[Libby Prison]] in operation. * 1862 - from March to July the [[Peninsula Campaign]] brings several Civil War battles near Richmond including the [[Seven Days Battles]], [[Battle of Drewry's Bluff]], [[Battle of Hanover Court House]], and the [[Battle of Seven Pines]]. * 1863 - April 2: [[Southern Bread Riots|Bread riot]].{{cite web |url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/the-richmond-bread-riot |title=Richmond Bread Riot |author=John Grady |date=April 5, 2013 |work=New York Times |accessdate=April 5, 2013}} * 1864 - [[Battle of Cold Harbor]] * 1864-1865 - [[Siege of Petersburg|Richmond-Petersburg Campaign]] * 1865 - April - City [[Richmond in the American Civil War|captured]] by [[Union Army|Union]] forces. **April 3 - Richmond business district burned by retreating [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] forces.{{cite web|title=Burned District in Richmond|url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/slide_player?mets_filename=sld1190mets.xml|accessdate=January 22, 2015}} ** [[Allen & Ginter]] Toboacco company forms. ** [[American Baptist Home Mission Societies]] form two schools [[Richmond Theological Institute]] and [[Wayland Seminary]] to train freed blacks. These were merged to become [[Virginia Union University]] in 1899 * 1866 - [[Richmond National Cemetery]] established. * 1867 - Colver Institute organized. ===1870s=== * 1870 ** A tragic [[Virginia_State_Capitol#1870_tragedy|collapse at the Virginia State Capitol]] occurs as the overly large crowd seeks remove [[Reconstruction Era]] mayor [[George Chahoon]]. Sixty-two people were killed and 251 injured. ** Mann Valentine II formulates "[[Valentine's Meat Juice]]" to cure his ailing wife and begins to market it aggressively throughout the 1870s. * 1871 [[Life Insurance Company of Virginia]] forms in Petersburg and eventually moves to Richmond. * 1875 - The city begins to acquire land that would become [[Byrd Park]] and construct a new municipal waterworks system around it. ===1880s=== * 1880 - [[Richmond and Alleghany Railroad]] begins operating. * 1882 ** [[Byrd Park|New Reservoir Park]] opens (approximate date).{{Citation |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24350408M/The_advantages_of_Richmond_Virginia_as_a_manufacturing_and_trading_centre |publisher = Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club |publication-date = 1882 |publication-place = Richmond |title = Advantages of Richmond, Virginia, as a manufacturing and trading centre }} ** Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute established in Ettrick ([[Virginia State University]]) * 1883 - Hartshorn Memorial College opens.{{Citation |publisher = W. Jones, steam printer |publication-place = Richmond, Va |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7208530M/First_annual_catalogue_of_the_officers_and_students_of_Hartshorn_Memorial_College |title = First annual catalogue of the officers and students of Hartshorn Memorial College |publication-date = 1884 }} * 1885 - [[Miller & Rhoads|Miller, Rhoads, & Gerhart]] in business. * 1886 - ''Richmond Daily Times'' begins publication. * 1887 ** German-American pharmacist Conrad Frederick Sauer founds the [[C. F. Sauer Company]]. ** [[Richmond Locomotive Works]] opens * 1888
** [[Richmond Union Passenger Railway]] in operation. ** ''[[The Richmond News Leader]]'' newspaper begins publication. * 1889 - [[Preservation Virginia|Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities]] founded.{{Citation |publisher = W. E. Jones, printer |publication-place = Richmond |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23285872M/Charter_constitution_and_by-laws_of_the_Association_for_the_preservation_of_Virginia_antiquities |title = Charter, constitution and by-laws of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities |publication-date = 1901 }} ===1890s=== * 1890 - A statue of Robert E. Lee is unveiled on the new [[Monument Avenue]], the first of six large monuments that will eventually be built. * 1891 - Rosemary Library Association chartered. * 1894 ** The city of Richmond opens a brand new [[Old City Hall (Richmond, Virginia)|gothic-styled City Hall]]. ** Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument unveiled.{{Citation |publisher = J. L. Hill printing co. |publication-place = Richmond |title = Souvenir, unveiling soldiers' and sailors' monument, Richmond, Virginia, May 30, 1894 |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6902186M/Souvenir_unveiling_soldiers'_and_sailors'_monument_Richmond_Virginia_May_30_1894. |author = Confederate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Association, Richmond |publication-date = 1894 |oclc = 4555693 }} * 1895
** [[Jefferson Hotel (Richmond, Virginia)|Jefferson Hotel]] opens. ** Intense land development of the [[Fan district]] and [[Museum District, Richmond, Virginia|Museum District]] begins westward from the Lee Monument * 1896 - [[Museum of the Confederacy|Confederate Museum]] opens in Court End. * 1898
** [[Valentine Museum]] opens.{{Citation |publisher = Manufactured by L.H. Jenkins |publication-place = Richmond, Va |title = Richmond, her past and present |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6548616M/Richmond_her_past_and_present |author = W. Asbury Christian |publication-date = 1912 |oclc = 1253125 }} ** [[Union Presbyterian Seminary|Union Theological Seminary]] relocates to Richmond. * 1899 ** [[Virginia Union University]] formed. ** [[William R. Trigg Company |William R. Trigg Shipbuilding Company ]] opens. On October 31, President William McKinley and members of his cabinet came to Richmond to watch the launch of the [[USS Shubrick (TB-31)]] http://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=masters-theses page 40 Two months later, the [[USS Stockton (TB-32)]] launches. ** [[Lewis Ginter]] convinces [[Hampden–Sydney College]] to move its theological department from [[Farmville, Virginia]] to [[Ginter Park]], establishing the what is now the [[Union Presbyterian Seminary]]. The Training School for Lay Workers would not be established until 1914. ==20th century== ===1900s=== * 1900 - Population: 85,050. * 1901 - [[Main Street Station (Richmond)|Main Street Station]] built by the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] (SAL) and the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]] (C&O). * 1903 ** ''[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]'' newspaper begins publication. ** ''[[The Richmond News Leader]]'' newspaper begins publication. ** St. Luke Penny Savings Bank chartered.{{cite book|editor= Jessie Carney Smith |title=Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture |year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-35797-8 |chapter=Timeline |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=10rEGSIItjgC&pg=PR47 }} * Gilded Age hotel [[Hotel Richmond]] built * 1905
** [[Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Richmond, Virginia)|Cathedral of the Sacred Heart]] built with funds from tobacco, insurance and transportation magnate [[Thomas Fortune Ryan]]. ** Richmond Public Library Association formed.{{cite web |url=http://richmondpubliclibrary.org/content.asp?contentID=54 |title=Richmond Public Library History |accessdate=September 18, 2012}} * 1908 - [[Treble Clef and Book Lovers' Club]] formed. * 1909 - [[Dominion Resources|Virginia Railway & Power Company]] formed by [[Frank Jay Gould]]. ===1910s=== * 1910
** Population: 127,628. ** [[Manchester, Richmond, Virginia|Manchester]] becomes part of city. ** The estate of Times-Dispatch editor Joseph Bryan donates [[Bryan Park (Richmond, Virginia)|Bryan Park]] to the City of Richmond. * 1912 - [[George Ainslie (Virginia politician)|George Ainslie]] becomes mayor. * 1913 ** [[Colonial Revival architecture| Colonial Revival architect]] [[Charles Gillette]] begins his Virginia landscaping career by completing [[Warren H. Manning]]'s landscape design of Richmond College grounds at Westhampton. ** Society for the Betterment of Housing and Living Conditions incorporated.{{Citation |publisher = Whittet & Shepperson, printers |publication-place = Richmond, Va |author = Society for the Betterment of Housing and Living Conditions in Richmond |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7043534M/Report_on_housing_and_living_conditions_in_the_neglected_sections_of_Richmond_Virginia |title = Report on housing and living conditions in the neglected sections of Richmond, Virginia |publication-date = 1913 }} ** Confederate Memorial Institute built.{{Citation |publication-place = Richmond |author = George Llewellyn Christian |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6635503M/Sketch_of_the_origin_and_erection_of_the_Confederate_Memorial_Institute_at_Richmond_Virginia |title = Sketch of the origin and erection of the Confederate Memorial Institute at Richmond, Virginia |publication-date = 1921 |oclc = 6246398 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.vahistorical.org/about/battle_abbey.htm |title=Battle Abbey |publisher= Virginia Historical Society |accessdate=September 18, 2012}} * 1914 ** [[Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond|Fifth District of the Federal Reserve Bank]] headquartered in Richmond. ** Richmond College moves to site of former Westhampton Amusement Park;{{cite web|title=Three Chopt Road Historic District registration form|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Richmond/127-6064_Three_Chopt_Road_HD_2012_NR_FINAL.pdf|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|accessdate=January 22, 2015}} Westhampton College for women opens.{{cite web |url=http://wc.richmond.edu/traditions/history.html |title=Our History |author=Westhampton College |publisher=University of Richmond |accessdate=January 22, 2015}} ** Barton Heights, Ginter Park, and Highland Park become part of city. * 1916 - [[John Russell Pope]] designs and begins building the [[Branch House]] on [[Monument Avenue]] * 1917
** [[Broad Street Station (Richmond)|Broad Street Station]] completed by [[John Russell Pope]]. ** Richmond School of Social Economy opens. ** [[Richmond Professional Institute]] founded ** The US War Department establishes [[Fort Lee (Virginia)|Camp Lee]] in the [[Tricities, Virginia]] area for mobilization and training of World War I soldiers ===1920s=== * 1920
** Population: 171,677 http://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=masters-theses page 24 ** Richmond business men organize the [[Richmond-New York Steamship Company]] to replace the fact that [[Virginia Navigation Company]] and [[Old Dominion Steamship Company]] steamships to Norfolk were discontinued. http://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=masters-theses page 49 * Nationally reknowned Richmond authors [[James Branch Cabell]] and [[Ellen Glasgow]] begin their collaborative friendship http://theshockoeexaminer.blogspot.com/2010/11/james-branch-cabell-and-ellen-glasgow.html * 1922 - [[Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Richmond, Virginia)|Edgar Allan Poe Museum]] opens. * 1924 - [[John Fulmer Bright]] becomes mayor. * 1925
** [[WRVA (AM)|WRVA]] begins broadcasting. ** [[Church Hill Tunnel]] collapses. ** After the death of [[James H. Dooley]] and his wife Sallie, the [[Maymont]] property passes to the city and [[Boulevard Bridge]] is built nearby. * 1926
** As part of the [[Windsor Farms]] development near Byrd Park, [[Agecroft Hall]] shipped from England and reassembled in Richmond. Other neighborhood houses built in the [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] style. ** [[Landmark Theater (Richmond, Virginia)|Acca Temple Shrine]] built. * 1927 ** [[Richmond International Airport|Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field]] dedicated. ** After a decade of road improvements, the [[Jefferson_Davis_Highway#Virginia|Jefferson Davis Highway]] officially opens as a major automobile thoroughfare http://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/va/va1700/va1729/data/va1729data.pdf https://archive.org/stream/southerngoodroad1914varn/southerngoodroad1914varn_djvu.txt https://books.google.com/books?id=qFM-AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA2-PA65&ots=JxKIpPfP1O&dq=%22Capitol%20Highway%22%20richmond&pg=RA2-PA65#v=onepage&q=%22Capitol%20Highway%22%20richmond&f=false ** [[DuPont]] purchases land near [[Ampthill (Chesterfield County, Virginia)|Ampthill]]/[[Bellwood (Richmond, Virginia)|Bellwood]] for a large [[rayon]] and [[cellophane]] plant known as "Spruance Plant" http://www.chesterfieldhistory.com/PDF/Messenger/messenger%20Jan%202013%20s.pdf * 1928 ** [[Byrd Theatre]] opens. ** [[Richmond CenterStage|Loew's Theatre]] opens. * 1929
** [[Priory Park, Warwick|Warwick Priory]] shipped from England and reassmbled as [[Virginia House]] in the [[Windsor Farms]] development in Richmond. ** Richmond builds [[City Stadium (Richmond)|City Stadium]] near Byrd Park. ===1930s=== * [[Gottfried Krueger Brewery]] sells the first [[canned beer]] on January 24, 1935 http://www.wired.com/2011/01/0124first-us-canned-beer/ * 1936 ** [[Richmond National Battlefield Park]] established. ** [[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]] opens. * 1937 - The [[Ukrop's Food Group|Ukrop]] family opens their first of many Richmond-area grocery stores * 1938 - [[Reynolds Group Holdings|Reynolds Metals]] moves their headquarters from New York to Richmond. ===1940s=== * 1940 ** US War Department re-establishes [[Fort Lee (Virginia)|Camp Lee]] for the purpose of training [[Quartermaster Center and School|Quartermaster]] soldiers for World War II. ** Richmond, Virginia's two newspapers, the Times-Dispatch and News Leader, merged to form a quickly-growing media company known as [[Media General|Richmond Newspapers]]. * 1941
** [[Eastern Steamship Company]] discontinues service from Richmond ** The US Government acquires land in the area of [[Bellwood (Richmond, Virginia)|Bellwood]] and builds a [[Defense Supply Center, Richmond|large logistics supply center]] to ait the World War II effort. * 1948 - [[WTVR-TV]] begins broadcasting. * 1949
** The last of Richmond's electric trolleys are replaced by buses ** Samuel S. Wurtzel opens his first retail electronics store ("Wards") that would grow to become [[Circuit City]]. ===1950s=== * 1950 - Population: 230,310. * 1952 - [[Wilton House Museum]] opens. * 1955
** [[Hurricane Connie]] and [[Hurricane Diane]] occur. ** [[Virginia War Memorial]] installed. * 1956 ** [[Historic Richmond Foundation]] established. ** [[The Shops at Willow Lawn|Willow Lawn Shopping Center]] opens. * 1957 -
** [[Richmond Symphony Orchestra]] formed. ** [[Best Products]] opens its first of many catalog showroom retail stores * 1958 - Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike opens. ===1960s=== * 1961 - Richmond's first public television station, [[WCVE-TV]] goes on the air. * 1962 - Azalea Mall opens on the Northside. http://www.nbc12.com/story/12269580/15-years-and-counting-for-richmonds-abandoned-azalea-mall It's been more than 10 years since the barren expanse of asphalt appeared in Richmond's Northside where the Azalea Mall used to be... Azalea Mall opened in 1962 and closed in 1995... The opening of Virginia Center Commons in 1991 – located seven miles north – was the symbolic end of Azalea Mall..." * 1964 - [[Congregation Kol Emes (Richmond, Virginia)|Congregation Kol Emes]] founded. * 1966
** [[Richmond Braves]] baseball team formed. ** [[Richmond Metropolitan Authority]] established. * 1968 - the [[Virginia General Assembly]] merged Medical College of Virginia with the Richmond Professional Institute to create [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]. * 1969 - [[Richmond International Raceway|Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway]] in business. ===1970s=== * 1970 - [[Science Museum of Virginia]] established. * 1971 - [[Richmond Coliseum]] opens * 1972
** June - [[Hurricane Agnes]] leads to widespread flooding in Central Virginia to include Shockoe Bottom / [[Main Street Station (Richmond)|Main Street Station]] ** The City of Richmond forms the [[James River Park System]] ** [[Cloverleaf Mall]] opens at the interseciton of [[Midlothian Turnpike]] and [[Chippenham Parkway]] http://www.richmond.com/news/local/why-richmond-why/article_49011fe9-4a05-54dc-8231-a4031054ff34.html " August 1972 with 42 stores and 760,000 square feet of retail space" ** After four years of planning, the dams for creating [[Lake Anna]] begin to fill ([[Virginia Electric and Power Company|VEPCO]]'s [[North Anna Nuclear Generating Station]] would not come online until 1978.) * 1973 ** the [[Powhite Parkway]] was completed from Downtown richmond to the current day brandermill area. http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Richmond_Interstate_Expy.html "The Powhite Parkway was completed and opened on January 24, 1973" ** [[Phillip Morris]] opens a state-of-the-art cigarette manufacturing facility on Commerce Road http://www.richmond.com/business/manufacturing/article_27bad786-788e-570a-b837-b008519c1c39.html "When Philip Morris USA opened its cigarette manufacturing plant in South Richmond in 1973, the factory could produce about 200 million cigarettes per day" * 1975
** [[Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond]] built. ** [[Regency Square]] shopping mall opens. ** [[King's Dominion]] opens in [[Doswell]] on May 3, 1975 https://www.kingsdominion.com/media-center/park-history " On May 3, 1975, after less than two years of construction, Kings Dominion opened its gates to the public." ** the planned community of [[Brandermill, Virginia]] in suburban Chesterfield begins construction http://www.richmond.com/news/local/chesterfield/article_f76ed17a-766a-50c7-bf92-39b5de064d0e.html " In the late 1970s, Henry Creech saw an opportunity he couldn’t pass by. Brandermill, a sprawling planned community on what was a rural stretch of western Chesterfield County, had won county approval in 1974 and construction began in 1975." ** The [[Chesterfield Towne Center|Chesterfield Mall]] opens at the corner of Midlothian and Hugenot in Chesterfield County. ** [[Amtrak]] creates [[Richmond Staples Mill Road (Amtrak station)|Staples Mill Station]] in the suburbs to replace [[Main Street Station (Richmond)|Main Street Station]] ** Six years after coining [[Virginia is for Lovers]], Ad-man [[David N. Martin]] creates [[The Martin Agency]] * 1976 - [[Virginia State Route 195]] constructed. * 1977 ** [[Henry L. Marsh]] becomes mayor. ** [[Theatre IV]] (children's theatre) active. ** [[Children's Museum of Richmond|Richmond Children's Museum]] organized. * 1979 - [[Richmond Jewish Foundation]] established. ===1980s=== * 1980 - [[CSX Corporation]] forms as a merger of [[Chessie System]] and [[Seaboard Coast Line Industries]]. With its headquarters in Richmond, CSX begins merging various railroads into [[CSX Transportation]]. * 1983
** [[Dominion Resources|Dominion Resources, Inc.]] in business. ** [[Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden]] founded. * 1984 ** Congress establishes the [[United Network for Organ Sharing]], headquartered in Richmond; and in 1986 they are designated as the sole [[Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network]] manager in the US. ** Richmond and surrounding municipalities build a new baseball stadium, [[The Diamond (Richmond, Virginia)|The Diamond]], to replace [[Parker Field (Richmond)|Parker Field]]. ** [[6th Street Marketplace]] opens and hosts the first ever "Friday Cheers http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/music/article_d157fc60-d168-11e3-862b-001a4bcf6878.html Looking Back at 30 Years of Friday Cheers in Richmond by Colleen Curran "May 21, 2014... Friday Cheers is turning 30 this year. Where it all began ... At [[Sixth Street Marketplace]]." * 1985 - [[Innsbrook After Hours]] begins http://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/entertainment/innsbrook-after-hours-30-year-anniversary/ * 1989 ** [[Southpark Mall (Colonial Heights, Virginia)|Southpark Mall]] opens in [[Colonial Heights, Virginia|Tri-Cities]] ** [[Virginia State Route 288]] is completed between I-95 and Brandermill. ===1990s=== * 1990 ** January 13: [[Douglas Wilder]] sworn in as governor.{{citation |work=New York Times |url= http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/ |title= On This Day |accessdate=November 2014 }} ** Population: 203,056.{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=http://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=US Census Bureau }} ** [[Interstate 295 (Virginia)|Interstate 295]] (a toll-free beltway around the west side of Richmond and Petersburg) opens. ** [[Eugene P. Trani]] becomes president of Virginia Commonwealth University and begins strategic planning for the [[VCU expansion|rapid growth of VCU]]. * 1991 - [[Virginia Center Commons]] opens at the northside intersection of 295 and I-95. http://www.nbc12.com/story/12269580/15-years-and-counting-for-richmonds-abandoned-azalea-mall It's been more than 10 years since the barren expanse of asphalt appeared in Richmond's Northside where the Azalea Mall used to be... Azalea Mall opened in 1962 and closed in 1995... The opening of Virginia Center Commons in 1991 – located seven miles north – was the symbolic end of Azalea Mall..." * 1992 ** The state of Virginia eliminated toll collection along the [[Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike]] ** [[Richmond Times-Dispatch|Richmond News-Leader]] (Richmond's evening daily newspaper) ceases publication. ** Area musicians [[GWAR]] and [[Cracker (band)|Cracker]], and [[Dave Matthews Band]] experience mainstream success. * 1993 ** [[VCU French Film Festival]] begins. ** [[Circuit City]] spins off [[CarMax]]. * 1994 -[[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]-based [[Wells Fargo|Signet Financial Corp]] [[Corporate spin-off|spins off]] of its credit card division, {{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/28/business/company-news-signet-banking-to-spin-off-credit-card-business.html|title=COMPANY NEWS; SIGNET BANKING TO SPIN OFF CREDIT CARD BUSINESS|publisher=New York Times|date=28 Jul 1994|accessdate=9 Feb 2014}} later renaming it [[CapitalOne]]. {{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-10-12/business/1994285071_1_signet-credit-card-card-loans|title=Signet renames credit card subsidiary Capital One|publisher=Baltimore Sun|author=David Conn|date=12 Oct 1994|accessdate=9 Feb 2014}} CapitalOne remains a significant employment presence in Richmond. {{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CAPITAL+ONE+REPORTS+FIRST+QUARTER+EARNINGS-a016832542|title=CAPITAL ONE REPORTS FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS|publisher=PR Newswire|date=19 Apr 1995|accessdate=9 Feb 2014}} * 1995 ** [[Landmark Theater (Richmond, Virginia)|Landmark Theater]] refurbished. ** Flood wall built, leading the the development of [[Tobacco Row, Richmond|Tobacco Row]] area into shops and [[loft apartments]] ** [[Virginia BioTechnology Research Park]] Opens near the VCU Medical Center of Virginia campus * 1996
** Controversy over an [[Monument_Avenue#Arthur_Ashe_Monument|Arthur Ashe monument on Monument Avenue]] being built ** [[VCU Brandcenter]] and [[VCU School of Engineering]] open * 1997 - [[Project Exile]] begins. * 1999
** VCU Completes its new gymnasium, the [[Siegel Center]] ** Richmond begins hosting an [[XTERRA Triathlon]] on [[James River Parks system]] trails http://www.xterraplanet.com/uploadedfiles/XTERRA%20East%20Championship%20Proposal.pdf ==21st century== {{Expand section|date=September 2012}} * 2000 ** Civil War Visitor Center at [[Tredegar Iron Works]] opens. ** [[The Valentine|The Valentine Museum]] rebrands as "The Valentine Richmond History Center" ** [[Ukrop's Food Group|Ukrop]] supermarkets sponsor first ever [[Monument Avenue 10K]] which would grow to become one of the 10th largest 10Ks in the US * 2002 ** [[MeadWestvaco]] is created from a merger and moves their headquarters to Richmond. ** Convention Center opens. ** [[Virginia State Route 895]] opens, shortening by 11 minutes the drive time between [[Chippenham Parkway]] to Richmond Airport. ** [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond's wikipedia article]] is started https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richmond,_Virginia&oldid=97776 * 2003
** [[Stony Point Fashion Park]] and [[Short Pump Town Center]] both open. ** [[Hurricane Isabel]] knocks out power in Richmond for up to 10 days. ** [[Philip Morris USA]] moved headquarters from New York to Richmond. ** [[Sixth Street Marketplace]] torn down to make room for hotels and convention center developments http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/requiem-for-a-dream/Content?oid=1372301 "Most of the original 6th Street Marketplace — including the iconic glass-enclosed Broad Street overpass — was torn down in 2003 as part of the Broad Street Community Development Authority's streetscape and utility improvements." ** [[CSX Corporation]] headquarters moved to [[Jacksonville, Florida]], and the president [[John W. Snow|John Snow]] is appointed Secretary of the Treasury. ** [[[[Main Street Station (Richmond)|Main Street Station]]]] re-opens train service after a multi-million-dollar renovation. * 2004 ** [[Hurricane Gaston (2004)|Hurricane Gaston]] floods Shockoe Bottom and dumps over 12 inches of rain in the Richmond area. ** The segment of [[Virginia State Route 288]] from Brandermill northward across the James River is completed. ** [[General Electric]] spins off its insurance businesses to create [[Genworth Financial]], to be headquartered in Richmond. * 2005 ** [[Douglas Wilder]] becomes mayor. ** [[Craigslist]] adds a Richmond, Virginia page. ** [[Gallery 5]] opens.{{cite web |url=http://www.gallery5arts.org/About_Us.html |title=Gallery 5 |accessdate=September 18, 2012}} ** ''[[RVA Magazine]]'' begins publication. ** [[Virginia Center for Architecture]] opens. ** [[2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] leads to economic development in the [[Tri-Cities, Virginia|Virginia Tricities]] area; over $1.36 billion is programmed for fiscal years 2007 to 2011 to fund construction at [[Fort Lee, Virginia|Fort Lee]]. http://www.alu.army.mil/alog/issues/NovDec09/brac_overview.html "Over $1.36 billion is programmed for fiscal years 2007 to 2011 to fund BRAC construction requirements at Fort Lee." ** In October, the [[National Folk Festival (United States)|National Folk Festival]] holds the first of three (2005, 2006, 2007) annual festivals. Richmond creates the [[Richmond Folk Festival]] in 2008 with the same format. * 2006 ** [[American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar]] opens. ** [[2006 Richmond spree murders]] ** [[RavenCon]] science fiction convention begins. * 2007 - As part of the [[Jamestown 2007]] festivities, the Governor hosts [[Queen Elizabeth II]] at the Capitol Building. * 2008
** [[Richmond Folk Festival]] begins.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} ** Cloverleaf Mall closes http://www.richmond.com/news/local/why-richmond-why/article_49011fe9-4a05-54dc-8231-a4031054ff34.html "Ever since the once bustling mall closed in February 2008, Cloverleaf’s fate has hung in the murky balance " * 2009 ** [[Dwight Clinton Jones]] becomes mayor. ** [[Richmond CenterStage]] inaugurated. ** the [[Great Recession]] puts several regional employers out of business including [[Circuit City]], [[Qimonda]], [[LandAmerica Financial Group|LandAmerica]] http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/off-the-lot/Content?oid=1377257 "RICHMOND'S CORPORATE SECTOR has taken a severe beating since 2007, when global economies plunged into the worst recession since World War II. Big-name companies LandAmerica, Qimonda and Circuit City failed and Wachovia Securities moved away," ** The [[State Fair of Virginia]] moves from [[Richmond International Raceway]] to its new home in [[Meadow Event Park]] * 2010
** Population: 204,214. ** [[Ukrop's Food Group|Ukrop]] family sells their chain of grocery stores to [[Giant-Carlisle|Giant foods]]; stores are renamed "Martin's" * 2011 ** Richmond is selected to host the [[2015 UCI Road World Championships]] ** Both the [[2010–11 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team|Uof R]] and [[2010–11 VCU Rams men's basketball team|VCU]] basketball teams advance to the elite 8; VCU gets to the Final Four. http://www.ncaa.com/video/basketball-men/2014-02-11/remember-time-vcu-first-from-the-first-four-to-the-final-four ** [[Megabus_(North_America)#Atlanta_hub|Megabus]] begins operating at Main Street Station, with connections to cities between Atlanta and Washington DC. * 2012 - Virginia Repertory Theatre formed.{{cite web |url=http://va-rep.org/history.html |title=Virginia Rep |accessdate=September 18, 2012}} * 2015 -- the [[GRTC]] announces that [[bus rapid transit]] system called [[GRTC Pulse]] to begin operations by October 2017 ==See also== * [[History of Richmond, Virginia]] * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Richmond, Virginia]] * [[Neighborhoods of Richmond, Virginia]] * [[List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia]] * {{req|Timeline of Virginia}}{{cite web |url=http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/notable-dates-virginia-history |title=Notable dates in Virginia history |publisher=Virginia Historical Society }}{{Citation |publisher = Ward, Lock & Co. |publication-place = London |title = [[Haydn's Dictionary of Dates]] |author = Benjamin Vincent |edition = 25th |publication-date = 1910 |chapter=Virginia |chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776?urlappend=%3Bseq=1491 |via=Hathi Trust }} ;Other cities in Virginia * [[Timeline of Alexandria, Virginia]] * [[Timeline of Norfolk, Virginia]] * [[Timeline of Virginia Beach, Virginia]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==Further reading== * {{Citation |publisher = At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews |publication-place = Boston |author = Jedidiah Morse |title = The American gazetteer |chapterurl=http://www.archive.org/stream/americangazettee00mors#page/n473/mode/2up |chapter=Richmond |publication-date = 1797 }} ===Published in the 19th century=== * {{Citation |publisher = Published for the proprietor |publication-place = Richmond |author = Richard Edwards |title = Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia |publication-date = 1855 |chapterurl=http://archive.org/stream/statisticalgazet00edwa#page/354/mode/2up |chapter=Richmond }} * {{Citation |publisher = George M. West |publication-place = Richmond, Va |author = Samuel Mordecai |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL271671M/Richmond_in_by-gone_days |title = Richmond in by-gone days |publication-date = 1856 }} * {{Citation |publisher = John P. Hunt |publication-place = Pittsburgh, Pa. |author = R.H. Long |title = Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States |publication-date = 1863 |chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/huntsgazetteerof00long#page/138/mode/2up |chapter= Richmond }} * {{cite book |title=Bibliotheca Americana |editor=[[Joseph Sabin]] |location= New York |year= 1888 |oclc=13972268 |volume=17 |chapter= Richmond, Virginia |chapterurl=http://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofbook17sabi#page/250/mode/2up }} * {{Citation |publisher = E. B. Brown |publication-place = Richmond, Va |title = Richmond, Virginia: colonial, revolutionary, confederate and the present |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL271672M/Richmond_Virginia_colonial_revolutionary_confederate_and_the_present._1896. |author = Watkins Norvell |publication-date = 1896 |oclc = 5423613 }} ===Published in the 20th century=== * {{Citation |publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons |publication-place = New York |title = Historic Towns of the Southern States |editor = Lyman P. Powell |publication-date = 1904 |chapterurl=http://www.archive.org/stream/historictownsofs00powe#page/150/mode/2up |chapter=Richmond on the James |author=William Wirt Henry }} * {{Citation |publisher = J. P. Bell Co. |publication-place = Lynchburg, Va |title = A Handbook of Virginia: Information for the Homeseeker and Investor |author = Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration |publication-date = 1906 |oclc = 6466827 |chapter=Richmond |chapterurl= http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookofvirgin05virg#page/276/mode/2up }} * {{Citation |publisher = M. A. Burgess |publication-place = Richmond, Va. |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24363987M/Richmond_guide_book |title = Richmond guide book |publication-date = 1909 }} * {{Citation |title = The Personality of American Cities |author=[[Edward Hungerford (author)|Edward Hungerford]] |publication-date = 1913 |publisher = McBride, Nast & Company |location =New York |chapter= City of the 7 Hills |chapterurl= http://archive.org/stream/personalityofame00hungrich#page/127/mode/2up }} * {{Citation |publisher = Whittet & Shepperson, printers |publication-place = Richmond |title = Richmond, Virginia, yesterday and today |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6565301M/Richmond_Virginia_yesterday_and_today |author = Richmond Chamber of Commerce |publication-date = 1913 |oclc = 6214750 }} * {{cite book |title=Guide Book of the City of Richmond |author=Louise Nurney Kernodle |year=1918 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RY8tAQAAMAAJ }} * Directory of Business and Professional Women. [http://www.archive.org/stream/directoryofbusin00bure#page/n7/mode/2up 1921] * {{cite journal |title=City of Richmond, Virginia |journal=The Modern City |publisher=League of American Municipalities |volume=7 |date=Nov 1922 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=O_4_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 }} * {{cite book|editor=Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin |title= Americas |series=International Dictionary of Historic Places |year= 1995 |publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-25930-4 |chapter= Richmond |page=542+ |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=zTL_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA542 }} ==External links== {{commons category|Richmond, Virginia}} * Digital Public Library of America. 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