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Suburban Reflections (Ginter Park, ca. 1900)

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Suburban Reflections: A Review of the Attractive Suburban Property Belonging to the Estate of the Late Major Lewis Ginter. Presented by Douglas E. Taylor, real estate agent, published the Press of I. N. Jones & Son, ca. 1900. -- This rare 25 page pamphlet has wonderful images of the architecture and streetscape of Ginter Park soon after it was established. Click on the image to view the PDF of this booklet.

Architectural History Books

Here is a small selection of Richmond architectural history books that researchers might find useful. We also have a large number of Richmond Master Plans, Master Plans of VCU, publications about Monroe Park, and other area topics.

The Making of Virginia Architecture by Charles E. Brownell ... [et al.].
Call Number: Cabell Stacks and Special Collections and Archives: NA730.V8 M35 1992
ISBN: 0917046331
Richmond’s Fan District by Carneal, Drew, St. J.
Call Number: Special Collections and Archives: F234.R56 F258 1996
ISBN: 188956902X
Greetings from Richmond by Bonis, Ray, and Tom H. Ray
Call Number: Cabell Stacks and Special Collections and Archives: NA735.R5 B66 2009
ISBN: 0764333682
Decorative arts on VCU’s West Franklin Street: A Tour for the Society of Architectural Historians, April 21, 2002 by George, Linda
Call Number: Special Collections and Archives: NK2003.5 .G46 2002
Nonesuch Place: A History of the Richmond Landscape by Potterfield, T. Tyler
Call Number: Cabell Stacks and Special Collections and Archives: F234.R54 P68 2009
ISBN: 1596294159
Built by Blacks: African American architecture and neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia by Richardson, Selden
Call Number: Cabell Stacks and Special Collections and Archives: E185.92 .R53 2007
ISBN: 1596294590
The Virginia Architects, 1835-1955: A Biographical Dictionary by Wells, John E., and Robert E. Dalton
Call Number: Cabell Reference and Special Collections and Archvies: NA730.V8 W45 1997
Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont by Richard Guy Wislon ... [et al.]
Call Number: Cabell Stacks and Special Collections and Archives: NA730.V8 B85 2002
ISBN: 0195152069
Old Richmond Neighborhoods by Scott, Mary Wingfield
Call Number: Cabell Stacks and Special Collections and Archives: F234.R56 A2 1975
Architecture in Downtown Richmond by Winthrop, Robert P.
Call Number: James Branch Cabell Library and Health Sciences Library Stacks and Special Collections and Archives: