Door-to-Door Doors
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Source:
The Valentine
Collection:
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
Date:
8/2/1969
Region:
Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source)
Description:
Black and white photograph of doors lined up outside a house being torn down on the southeast corner of Second and Franklin Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; site cleared for expansion of the Richmond Public Library main branch; house completely gutted; no ceiling, doors or windows; only walls. Inscription: Stamped __Black "Property of The Richmond Times-Dispatch" stamp; black "Aug 2 1968" stamp; black "P. A. Gormus, Jr." stamp; red "TWO [star]" stamp; red "Aug 5 1968" stamp __Verso Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --City Center (Richmond, Va.) --Franklin Street (Richmond, Va.)
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By:
jacobwhall
Date:
Oct 2, 2025
Total:
1 submission
Confidence:
High
Validations:
0
Notes:

I believe that the description is incorrect. This house is at the southwest (or just, west) corner of 2nd and Franklin, not the southeast. The jut-out on the left matches perfectly with the footprint in the 1952 Sanborn. This parcel is now a part of Main Library.

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Georeferenced by jacobwhall Current
Oct 2, 2025 1:07 AM
37.542963, -77.441882
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I believe that the description is incorrect. This house is at the southwest (or just, west) corner of 2nd and Franklin, not the southeast. The jut-out on the left matches perfectly with the footprint in the 1952 Sanborn. This parcel is now a part of Main Library.