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Historic Church Hill
A Walking Tour
Wednesday, April 21st, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
To purchase tickets please visit the Virginia Garden Week Website.
Click here to read a recent article in Virginia Living Magazine about Church and Garden Week.
Luncheon: St. John's Church, 2319 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23223 | 11:30 - 2:00 PM | $16 | ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Call 804.649.7938 or send a check payable to Administrator, St. John's Church, 23219 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23223 to be received by Friday, April 16th.
Refreshments: Served from 11:00AM to 3:00PM, weather permitting, in the back gardens at the 2300 Club, 2218 East Grace Street.
Special Activities: Reenactment - Patrick Henry Speech at St. John's Church |12:30 PM | 40 min duration | Free Admission with proof of paid garden ticket.
Free admission to the White House of the Confederacy any time during Historic Garden Week with proof of paid ticket from any garden tour in the state.
The following homes will be open:
2309 East Broad Street | Mr. Lee Baskerville
The center home in Church Hill's three dwelling "Carrington Row" is owned by artist and furniture designer Lee Baskerville. Eleven-foot ceilings, wide moldings and doorways, and a neutral palette form an intentionally strong but quiet backdrop to his own contemporary realist paintings and collection of sculpture and found objects.
2308 East Broad Street | Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Rucker, Jr.
The Burton Farrar House - Also known as the Curd House, was built between 1818 and 1824. A side-hall town home, its Federal lines set the tone for the block. The only surviving antebellum slate roof in Richmond. Inside, the heart pine floors, chandeliers, opalescent glass window panes and lovely family heirlooms are of note.
2215 East Broad Street | Mr. and Mrs. S. Waite Rawls,III
William J. Yarbrough House - This is a brick Greek revival house built in 1861, features a grand main living area with two floors above an English basement. Much in this home is one-of-a-kind: intricate plaster ceiling work, an Adam mirror, a J. Frank Jones secretary, oil paintings, and two 1920's Parisian chandeliers.
Saint John's Mews | Historic Richmond Foundation
Along the stone alley behind "Carrington Row" in what used to be a parking lot on the site of two demolished buildings, lies a carefully constructed landscaping project known as the St. John's Mews. Historic Richmond Foundation approached The Garden Club of Virginia and landscape architect, Ralph Griswold, to implement extensive plantings and ornamental cast iron recovered from abandoned Richmond buildings.
2306 East Grace Street | Dr. Jonathan and Jean Wight
Ann Adams Carrington House - With a Flemish-bond brick face, it is one of the earliest homes to survive on Church Hill. It is the only Federal period "bow front" residence remaining in Richmond. Entry floor level includes four elegant Federal doorway entablatures. Home is filled with many objects including an 1835 map of Richmond drafted by Macajah Bates and French, American, Asian, Latin American, and English paintings. Second floor includes furniture from Tuckahoe Plantation.
2212 East Grace Street | Mr. Robert Mitchell
A magnificent American Elm, herringbone brick courtyard and wrought-iron fencing welcome viewers to this Italianate home built in 1881. The home is furnished with pre-civil war pieces from Millstone Antiques and carpets from the Middle East. Extensive collections includes dozens of late 19th century leather button-up children's shoes and "salt glaze" stoneware from early 20th century.
2209 East Grace Street
Gardens at Richmond Hill - In 1866, the Sisters of the Visitation came to Richmond to open a girl's school and pray for the devastated city. The Adams house became the monastery of Monte Maria which in the 1880's grew to include the Italianate Adams-Taylor house. A new brick wall enclosed the beautiful garden designed and constructed by the Sisters. Today, a holly bower and bench in the garden overlooking the river are located where the back stoop once stood. The garden abounds with an assortment of flora and trees including diadora cedars, chestnuts, figs, ribbed birchs, cryptomerias, and star magnolias. We will be visiting the gardens only.
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