tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post2707688913515640612..comments2024-03-23T22:28:20.328-04:00Comments on <center>The Shockoe Examiner<br><small>Blogging the History of Richmond, Virginia</small></center>: The Old Confederate Soldier's Home, Richmond (now the site of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts).Shockoe Examiner Staff - see bottom of blog entry for the specific author.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02822340615768561691noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-78666511986581499312018-08-30T17:47:41.247-04:002018-08-30T17:47:41.247-04:00Was this know as the Custodian Soldiers Home at on...Was this know as the Custodian Soldiers Home at one point? I have a calling/visiting card from one of the former residents(1910 census)showing the Custodian Soldiers Home on it and was hoping to find out more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544181821086961351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-64505004739555617662013-12-28T20:56:02.278-05:002013-12-28T20:56:02.278-05:00My father Milton Burke went to the auction of the ...My father Milton Burke went to the auction of the old homes and bid on one for my great aunt. He was high bidder at $65 and the house was taken down and re built on Broad Rock Rd.Capt. Pennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17887391719439621316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-51092352009925657312011-01-26T12:52:16.034-05:002011-01-26T12:52:16.034-05:00Thanks for this post. The LVA exhibit a few years ...Thanks for this post. The LVA exhibit a few years ago presented an architectural conjecture about an elaborate and massive structure for the home that, like so many projects, lack of money prevented. Probably for the good; had such an edifice already stood the state might've been chary of demolishing it for the museum -- or tried to put it in it.HEKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875404162768628296noreply@blogger.com