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November 27, 2008

the lost neighborhood of Navy Hill

The VCU Library’s Special Collection’s set of pages for Navy Hill is the only online resource that is readily available on this disappeared slice of Richmond:

If you are familiar with the history of Richmond, Virginia, you may be well acquainted with its historic neighborhoods, including Church Hill, Jackson Ward, and the Fan District. But are you familiar with Navy Hill? The Navy Hill section in the city of Richmond was located between 3rd and 10th Streets (within the boudaries of Jackson Ward) and ran just north of Leigh Street all the way to Shockoe Cemetery. Largely demolished in the 1960s, Navy Hill was once a vast and eclectic collection of houses, schools, businesses, and churches.

Posted by john_m at 12:43PM under RVANews-entertainment, history | Tags:

7 Responses to “the lost neighborhood of Navy Hill”

  1. posted by Seven Hills of Richmond « - - -David Clough’s Blog at December 2, 2008 12:36 am :

    [...] Navy Hill (this blog locates Navy Hill between 3rd, 10th, and Leigh [...]

  2. posted by Rosalind Booker Thompson at March 26, 2009 1:56 pm :

    Thank you for making this available. My mother Margaretta Booker recently passed and I was looking back into the history of our family for my children. This brings back a lot of memories we lived at 908 North 7th Street and I went to Navy Hill until we moved. Thanks you again.

  3. posted by Lenora Smith at September 17, 2009 11:14 am :

    Navy Hill was my very first school. I have two aunts who taught there, one deceased and the other (my favorite aunt) is almost 90 years old now. I can remember being sent to her class room while she was in the prime of her life doing what she enjoyed most. I have very happy memories from there. I have walked up and down those stairs many, many times. Thank you so much for the photos and the memories.

  4. posted by W. C Jones at September 26, 2009 3:49 pm :

    Navy Hill is not lost nor will it ever be forgotten. I started school at Elba, 1000 Block West Marshall Streets, I tranferred to Navy Hill in the 3rd grade.

    We formed a Navy Hill Committee under the leadership of Robert Curry to maintain the name of “Navy Hill” We had the 700 Block North 6th Street name changed to Navy Hill Drive and a marker was placed at the corner of Navy Hill Drive & Duval Street.

    We are now working to get a State Marker to be place along with our Navy Hill Marker. The buildings maybe gone but our friendships, memories and markers will last along with the name “NAVY HILL”.

    W. C Jones, Chairman
    Navy Hill Committee

  5. posted by Right on Broad at September 27, 2009 9:13 am :

    What happened to the Navy Hill marker? Philip Morris left it sitting in a state of disgrace like so much building material, then it disappeared. I hope Mr. Jones knows of its whereabouts and isn’t relying on Philip Morris to protect this last crumb of the neighborhood…..

  6. posted by W. C Jones at October 11, 2009 6:51 pm :

    The Navy Hill Committee knows where the Navy Hill Marker is being held and care for until we can find another location to place a State Marker along with the Navy Hill Marker.

    WC Jones, Chairman
    Navy Hill Committee

  7. posted by W. C Jones at October 11, 2009 6:54 pm :

    The Marker is safe!

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