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September 16: Walking tour of Oregon Hill with Tyler Potterfield, Oregon Hill resident and planner with Richmond's Department of Community Development. Oregon Hill is one of the best examples of an intact working-class Victorian neighborhood in the U.S. Meet at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church at 227 S. Cherry Street at 6:15. Self-guided tour of St. Andrew's interior. Refreshments will be available in the social hall of the church.

October 14: The Stories behind the tombstones: Hollywood Cemetery walking tour. Located next to Oregon Hill. Planned by John Notman in 1848. Notman also designed the landscape around Capital Square. Both spaces are designed in the park-like, pastoral and romantic Victorian style. Meet at the gates of Hollywood Cemetery at 6:15. Member's only event. Capacity is limited. No guests. RSVP ONLY.

November 11: Old City Hall (1887-1893). Meet at the Broad Street entrance of Old City Hall 1001 East Broad Street at 6:15. Elijah E. Meyers, architect, created a Victorian masterpiece in High Gothic style. The interior is as highly decorated as the exterior. We'll get an exclusive peek inside one of the business suites.

January 20: The Art of Richmond Art Silent Auction. Join us for a fundraiser for HRF at the Science Museum of Virginia's Rotunda. Architect John Russell Pope designed this building (1917-1919) as grand train station built during the golden age of railroads. Once threatened with demolition the building now houses the Science Museum. This event includes a Silent auction of original pieces of art created by Richmond artists. Each artwork is inspired by a Richmond building represented by a historic photograph from Dementi Photography Studio. Quoit Club members free. Guests fee $20.00. More details to come. Starts at 6:30.

February 10: Meet at 7th and Porter Streets in Manchester at the newly renovated Atlantic Corrugated Box Building (home of Grace Street Residential Designs Systems. Come see what is happening in Manchester. Meet at 6:15.

March 10: Shockoe Slip Then and Now tour. Meet at the Columbian Building (1871), 1301 East Cary Street. We'll go see the offices of Commonwealth Architects on the third floor of the Columbian Building. Originally home of the Richmond Grain and Cotton Exchange. The offices retain many original features. This was the first building to be restored in the revitalization of the slip in the 1970s.

April 14: Central Belting Building, (1897), 103 Jefferson Street. This vacant building adapted for use in VCU's Monroe Ward expansion plan. It once served as the stables for the Jefferson Hotel. A handsome and rare example of a small industrial warehouse. Meet at 6:15.

May 12: Grace Street Art Deco Walking Tour. Architect and downtown expert Robert Winthrop will guide on a tour of the architectural art deco gems on Grace Street. Once known as "Richmond's Fifth Avenue," Grace Street still shows the architectural exuberance of the progressive early 20th century. Meet at 6:15 in front of the Sydnor and Hunley building 108 East Grace Street.

June 9: Byrd Park Pump House (1882), once a served as a pumping station to take water from the James River to the Byrd Park Reservoir and as an open-air dance hall. Abandoned in 1924. Meet at 6:15 at 1720 Pump House Drive. We'll take guided tours of this gothic revival masterpiece and learn about HRF's efforts to preserve this gem.

Historic Richmond Foundation - The William Byrd Branch of APVA Preservation Virginia