Court End
District Boundaries: 9th Street to College Street & East Broad Street to East Clay Street

Court End, the neighborhood north of Capitol Square, took its name from its lawyer residents and its close proximity to court and other public buildings. Home to many prominent Richmond citizens, this small area contains some of the city's most unusual and valuable architecture.

College & East Marshall Street Eqyptian Building, 1845 Egyptian Revival. Designed by Thomas Stewart, who also designed St. Paul's Church. It is one of the best examples of Egyptian Revival style in the country. Note the mummy-theme cast-iron fence. It originally housed the Medical Department of Hampton-Sydney College. Owned by VCU/MCV, medical school classes are held in the building. It is a National Historic Landmark.

301 College Street First African Baptist Church, 1876 Greek Revival. All African-American Baptist churches in Richmond trace back to this church. For years African-Americans and whites worshipped together in a church on this spot. In 1841 the white congregation left to build a church at 302 East Broad Street. The black congregation remained and, in 1876, erected this building to replace the old church structure. This building originally was stuccoed and had a cupola. It is now owned by VCU/MCV and used as offices.

1224 East Broad Street Monumental Church, 1812-1814 Neo-Classical. On December 26, 1811, a fire at the Richmond Theatre claimed the lives of over seventy-two people, including the governor. John Marshall headed a committee to raise money to build a church over the common grave. Robert Mills, America's first native-born professional architect and student of Thomas Jefferson, designed Monumental Church. The church is an unusual octagonal form capped with a dome. The monument under the front portico is inscribed with the names of the dead. Monumental Church served as a Episcopal Church until 1965 when it was given to the MCV Foundation. It is now owned by Historic Richmond Foundation. Conservation and restoration efforts are underway to preserve this National Historic Landmark. Not open to the public. Click here for more information.

	APVA's John Marshall House, 1788-91 818 East Marshall Street Georgian. John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, built the house and lived here for 45 years. Marshall descendants owned it until 1907. When threatened with demolition to make way for a school, the building was saved by public outcry. It is now owned by the APVA. Open to the public.
1008 East Clay Street William H. Grant House, 1857 Italianate. The mansion featuring cast-iron hoods over windows, marble steps and an elaborate entrance porch was built by tobacco merchant William Grant. It became Sheltering Arms Hospital in 1894 and is now used as offices by the Medical College of VA and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Wickham-Valentine House, 1812 1015 East Clay Street Federal. Prominent lawyer John Wickham built this house, which was designed by Alexander Parris. In 1892, Mann Valentine II left the house and its contents for a museum. It is now the Valentine Museum/ Richmond History Center and is open to the public.
	White House of the Confederacy, 1818 1201 East Clay Street Federal. Built by Dr. John Brockenbrough. From 1861-1865 the house was the residence of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States. The Museum of the Confederacy was created in 1894 by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society and is housed on this site, which is open to the public.

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