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100 East Leigh Street

 

Address/Title: 100 East Leigh Street

 

Photographer: Zehmer, John G. (John Granderson), 1942-

 

Original Description (from Book): An unusual Romanesque Revival house, it has a notable turret and arched and gabled entrance. The brick house has granite trim. This entire block was part of Jackson's Pleasure Garden, a "country" beer garden in the earlier part of the century. It was built c. 1895.

 

City/Location: Richmond (Va.)

 

Date of photograph: ca. 1978

 

Map URL: maps.google.com/maps?q=37.547746,+-77.438205

 

Original Publication: Zehmer, John G., and Robert P. Winthrop. 1978. The Jackson Ward historic district. Richmond: Dept. of Planning and Community Development.

 

Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

 

Reference URL: scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jwh_photos/217

 

Collection: VCU Jackson Ward Historic District

 

 

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Uploaded on March 11, 2015
Taken circa 1978