Map of Richmond, 1871/1872 - published in the city directory.

The Richmond city directory of 1871/1872 (published in September of 1871) contained this map of Richmond. This image is from a copy of the directory held by the Special Collections and Archives department of the James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries. 

Map of Richmond from the 1871/1872 Richmond city directory.

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The 1871/1872 directory was published by "B. W. Gillis, Publisher," whose offices were located at 912 1/2 Main Street. B. W. Gillis' full name was Basanquet Wesley Gillis (1835-1915) and he was briefly editor of the Richmond State Journal. [The Library of Virginia's Virginia Chronicle site has a good description/history of the paper HERE,] Gillis' obituary can be viewed at the bottom of this blog entry. His firm also published the 1873/1874 Richmond city directory. 

Below are some sections of the map:

This section includes Capitol Square. 

The western edge of the city. A section of the area entitled Public Square would eventually morph into Monroe Park.

A legend on the top left of the map indicates the city's numerous church locations. 

Notice of the publication of the 1871/1872 Richmond city directory which appeared in the September 9, 1871 edition of the Richmond Dispatch.

Obituary of Basanquet Wesley Gillis from The Brooklyn Daily Times, April 14, 1915. 

The Shockoe Examiner will publish other 19th-century Richmond city maps in future posts. 

- Ray