Jackson Ward
District Boundaries: Belvidere to 1st Street and Jackson Street to Marshall Street

Jackson Ward is valuable to Richmond and the nation not only for its architecture but also as one of the nation's most important centers of African-American culture. Originally a political sub-division, the district became a center of African-American owned businesses, banks, fraternal orders and other social institutions. Today, the district contains one of the largest concentrations of pre-Civil War houses in Richmond. These houses represent a wide variety of styles that include Greek Revival, Italianate, Romanesque and Second Empire. Jackson Ward's ornate cast-iron porches are second only to those of New Orleans.

110 1/2 East Leigh Street Maggie Walker House, 1880 Italianate. One of the nation's first female bank owners lived here with her family until her death in 1934. Walker's bank is also the oldest existing African-American owned bank in the country. A National Historic Landmark, the building is operated by the National Park Service.

	201 West Marshall Street, 1913 Gothic details. The Richmond Dairy building features three sixteen-foot milk bottles. It was designed by the Virginia architectural and engineering team of Carneal and Johnston. It has recently been converted into apartments.

216 West Leigh Street Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1873 Neo-Classical elements. This church was an offshoot from the First African Church at 301 College Street. This structure was built to replace a frame church. The church helped found Harshorn Memorial College, which became part of Virginia Union University. The spire has been removed.

100 East Leigh Street, 1895 Romesque Revival. This house occupies the site of the old Jackson's Pleasure Garden, a "country" beer garden which operated in the early 19th century. The house is trimmed in granite.

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