Whitcomb Court Elementary School

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Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground

Historic site

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The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground was established by the city of Richmond, Virginia, for the interment of free people of color, and the enslaved. Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground is situated 2,900 feet west of Whitcomb Court Elementary School.

The Almshouse

Heritage site

Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.

The Almshouse, also known as the City Home is a historic almshouse and hospital complex located in Richmond, Virginia. The Almshouse is situated 3,400 feet west of Whitcomb Court Elementary School.

Fifth Street Viaduct

Bridge

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The Fifth Street Viaduct or the Fifth Street Bridge, officially the Curtis Holt Sr. Bridge, is a bridge crossing Bacon's Quarter Branch in the Shockoe Valley of Richmond, Virginia in the United States. Fifth Street Viaduct is situated 2,500 feet west of Whitcomb Court Elementary School.

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Chestnut Hill

Neighborhood

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Chestnut Hill is an unincorporated community in the City of Richmond, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District is a historic district located in the city of Richmond, Virginia, and is a significant example of a municipal almshouse–public hospital–cemetery complex of the sort that arose in the period of the New Republic, following disestablishment of the Anglican Church.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

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Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill.

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