Richmond & Rappahannock River Railway Terminal
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- Ronnie Pitman
- Date:
- 2018-06-08 08:07:23
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from collection) - Description:
- 1001 N. 29th Street Richmond, Virginia 37º32'10" N, 77º24'33" W This building, designed by William C. Nolan, was built about 1912 as the new terminal for the Richmond & Rappahannock River Railway. Facts and dates are difficult to sort out, but one thing that is clear is that Civil War tourism was strong at that time. Accordingly, the rail company offered two train lines to nearby battlefields, one of them being Seven Pines (the other Rappahannock?). But just five years later, in 1917, the company was in receivership. The next year it was reported that Joseph E. Willard, a Virginia politician and U.S. Ambassador to Spain, had bought the company and that it would be rechartered as the Richmond & Seven Pines Railway, retaining only the line to Seven Pines and dismantling the rest. Before this structure was built, this location was the site of a building owned by the Richmond trolley car system. Their entry in the 1901 city directory reads "Richmond Passgr and Power Co Union Div Seven Pines Ry." This building was constructed as a two-story center portion with matching one-story wings on each side. In the late 1920s or early 1930s the wing on the right was extended forward to the sidewalk with a store front.
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