tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post8864984412480507980..comments2024-03-23T22:28:20.328-04:00Comments on <center>The Shockoe Examiner<br><small>Blogging the History of Richmond, Virginia</small></center>: Name this Richmond street.Shockoe Examiner Staff - see bottom of blog entry for the specific author.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02822340615768561691noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-8824537804840354142011-10-01T16:01:50.734-04:002011-10-01T16:01:50.734-04:00Thanks! I love these.Thanks! I love these.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12450632135696200885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-5827983155004365652011-10-01T15:59:24.679-04:002011-10-01T15:59:24.679-04:00Tess - I think the photo dates from the 1910s - by...Tess - I think the photo dates from the 1910s - by 1920 the steeple on the church was gone. Also, the image is from an old postcard that appears to be from the 1910s (I wrote a book on Richmond architecture using old postcards and this seems to fit that decade - the 1910s - perfectly. Plus, no automobiles - by the 1920s you see many more than the decade before.<br /><br />I'll post another mystery image next week.<br /><br />- RayRay Bonishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187894609467712787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-11441301716980237902011-09-28T12:31:16.068-04:002011-09-28T12:31:16.068-04:00:) The part I got was easy -- Old City Hall is unm...:) The part I got was easy -- Old City Hall is unmistakeable. Do you know when the photo was taken?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12450632135696200885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-15224647686692277962011-09-28T12:25:52.686-04:002011-09-28T12:25:52.686-04:00Tess and Robert were right. Robert is a Richmond ...Tess and Robert were right. Robert is a Richmond architectural historian so it is a given he'd get it right and he wrote a book called <b>Architecture in Downtown Richmond </b>in 1982.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Thanks Tess and Robert.Shockoe Examiner Staff - see bottom of blog entry for the specific author.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02822340615768561691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-76458368215022240842011-09-27T11:09:48.218-04:002011-09-27T11:09:48.218-04:00The church is the Broad Street Methodist Church de...The church is the Broad Street Methodist Church designed by Albert West in 1858-59.I would guess the photo was taken between 1940 and 1900.<br /><br />Bob WinthropAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-76790490481839048822011-09-26T17:07:39.492-04:002011-09-26T17:07:39.492-04:00Old City Hall, Broad St. Hard to tell the time pe...Old City Hall, Broad St. Hard to tell the time period -- maybe turn of the century? Not sure about the church!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12450632135696200885noreply@blogger.com