Postcard

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

RVA-001

Description

Richmond, Va. Monumental Church Photo only Copyright 1906 by Jamestown Official Photo Corp'n Printed in Color Unaddressed Monumental Church (Episcopal) stand on Broad Stree, on what was formerly Academy Square. It was built as a memorial and upon the site of the old Richmond Theatre, destroyed by fire December 26th, 1811, at which time about 60 persons, including Governor G.W. Smith of Virginia, lost thier lives; the crypt in the protico contains their ashes and a record of their names. Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series, "Richmond, Va." Art Publishers to their majesties the king and queen