Red Hill in the Nineteenth Century

Name/Title

Red Hill in the Nineteenth Century

Entry/Object ID

95.41.1

Description

Early 20th century photograph of the main house at Red Hill, taken circa 1906.

Made/Created

Date made

1900 - 1906

Dimensions

Width

5-3/4 in

Length

4 in

Provenance

Notes

This photograph depicts the main house at Red Hill around 1906, with the additions built for John Henry (1796–1868), son of Patrick Henry, in 1832–1833. It was printed from page 396 of George Morgan's (1854–1936) biography of Henry titled "The True Patrick Henry" (1907). The image appears in Morgan's book near another (95.45.1), which shows the renovated house during Lucy Henry Harrison's (1857–1944) residency. By the time this photograph was used in the book, the house was already being expanded as a mansion under Lucy's direction. This photo was purchased by the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation along with other research files from author Robert Douthat Meade while writing his two-volume biography of Patrick Henry in 1946. This photo was removed from these files for its individual interest and accessioned separately in 1995.