Virginia Union University, in its treatment of the old Richmond Community Hospital building, reveals its preservation of Black history to be a mere façade.
People are also reading…
- New attorney is representing Wolfe as case moves forward
- Top Smyth DAR essay wins state competition
- Work on Exit 39 truck stop expected to move more quickly now
- Royal Oak DAR names 3 high school seniors as Good Citizens
- Along the Yellow Brick Road
- Chilhowie man faces multiple charges in domestic violence incident
- Spanberger signs 22 bills, including one concerning pharmacy benefit managers
- Atkins Elementary celebrates new community-engaged playground
- Blacksburg elementary principal among 17 men arrested in prostitution case
- Smyth supervisor seeks more communication from Thomas Bridge Water system
- Judge orders Trump to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it
- Roanoke County family files lawsuit against VHSL, school board over homeschool sports rule
- Data centers now on defensive after Virginia court ruling, budget fight
- Marion council members debate apolitical status with redistricting, 2A requests
- Chilhowie switches to biodegradable bags for yard waste
Virginia Union University plans to redevelop the former Richmond Community Hospital site, demolishing most of the building.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
Virginia Union University plans to build a 123-unit residential building while preserving some of the old Richmond Community Hospital, which can be seen on the left side.
Virginia Union University
06-25-1986 (cutline): One of two antique terra cotta bulls' heads is prepared for mounting by Ron Kingery yesterday at the 17th Street Market. The heads, originally in place at a public market at Sixth and Marshall streets, were discovered in the Richmond Surplus Property warehouse. They have been restored by the virginia Commonwealth University art history professor Laurence Pace and a student, Linda Blackwell.
- Don Pennell
From the Archives: 17th Street Market
The 17th Street Market on the corner on Main and 17th Streets has a long history in Richmond. The site had been a public gathering place since the 1700s and due to its closeness to the James River and Main Street, which was the connection between Richmond and Williamsburg; it was an ideal place for commerce.
In 1779, the Virginia General Assembly officially declared the site as a “public market.” Decades later, in the 1850s, a larger market building was constructed. The First Market House was constructed during the Civil War in 1856 and originally served as a gathering place for soldiers on both sides of the war—first Confederates, and later Union troops.
06-21-1969 (cutline): Summer's arrival at 9:55 a.m. today found Elmore Tucker and Arthur Hermann at the 17th Street Market, displaying produce from Hermann's farm at Quinton, New Kent County.
- Mike O'Neil
08-11-1987 (cutline): Luceal Allen arranges produce in her stand at the Farmer's Market Festival.
- P. Kevin Morley
08-16-1980 (cutline): Leonard and Kathy Wheeler (center) sell her handcrafted work on table set up for Farmer's Market festival.
- Times-Dispatch
06-26-1953 (cutline): Wilbur Smith puts a polish on the First Market marker.
- Staff photo
06-25-1986 (cutline): One of two antique terra cotta bulls' heads is prepared for mounting by Ron Kingery yesterday at the 17th Street Market. The heads, originally in place at a public market at Sixth and Marshall streets, were discovered in the Richmond Surplus Property warehouse. They have been restored by the virginia Commonwealth University art history professor Laurence Pace and a student, Linda Blackwell.
- Don Pennell
08-01-1986 (cutline): The hoedown celebrating the reopening of the Farmers' Market at 17th and Main streets gets under way at noon Saturday with arts, crafts, music by six bands--and farmers, of course.
- Times-Dispatch
07-09-1981 (cutline): Country delicacies of all sorts, from cantaloupes to green beans, are on sale at the 17th Street Market in Richmond.
- Bruce Parker
12-28-1975 (cutline): Local vegetables are beginning to come in a serious way. The 17th Street market stalls are filling up.
- Staff photo
